diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/gstv4l2decoder.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/gstv4l2decoder.c
index 4188f58b72..69ae15b158 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/gstv4l2decoder.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/gstv4l2decoder.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <gst/base/base.h>
 
-#define IMAGE_MINSZ 4096
+#define IMAGE_MINSZ (256*1024)  /* 256kB */
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (v4l2_decoder_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT v4l2_decoder_debug