diff --git a/sys/mfc/gstmfcdec.c b/sys/mfc/gstmfcdec.c
index 9822633c1f..799f322d0d 100644
--- a/sys/mfc/gstmfcdec.c
+++ b/sys/mfc/gstmfcdec.c
@@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ gst_mfc_dec_fill_outbuf (GstMFCDec * self, GstBuffer * outbuf,
   zerocopy = (gst_buffer_n_memory (outbuf) == 1
       && (mem = gst_buffer_peek_memory (outbuf, 0))
       && strcmp (mem->allocator->mem_type, "GstEGLImage") == 0);
-  has_cropping = self->has_cropping;
+  has_cropping = self->has_cropping && (self->width != self->crop_width
+      || self->height != self->crop_heigth);
 
   /* We only do cropping if we do zerocopy and downstream
    * supports cropping. For non-zerocopy we can do cropping