diff --git a/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c b/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c
index bc4945dcc8..84daeb4167 100644
--- a/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c
+++ b/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c
@@ -1141,6 +1141,9 @@ gst_glimage_sink_on_resize (GstGLImageSink * gl_sink, gint width, gint height)
   g_signal_emit (gl_sink, gst_glimage_sink_signals[CLIENT_RESHAPE_SIGNAL], 0,
       gl_sink->context, width, height, &do_reshape);
 
+  width = MAX (1, width);
+  height = MAX (1, height);
+
   gl_sink->window_width = width;
   gl_sink->window_height = height;