diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c
index fd932b83ce43..b1b9e3f1be90 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,7 @@ static void dispc_ovl_set_scaling_uv(enum omap_plane plane,
 {
 	int scale_x = out_width != orig_width;
 	int scale_y = out_height != orig_height;
+	bool chroma_upscale = true;
 
 	if (!dss_has_feature(FEAT_HANDLE_UV_SEPARATE))
 		return;
@@ -1473,23 +1474,34 @@ static void dispc_ovl_set_scaling_uv(enum omap_plane plane,
 
 	switch (color_mode) {
 	case OMAP_DSS_COLOR_NV12:
-		/* UV is subsampled by 2 vertically*/
-		orig_height >>= 1;
-		/* UV is subsampled by 2 horz.*/
-		orig_width >>= 1;
+		if (chroma_upscale) {
+			/* UV is subsampled by 2 horizontally and vertically */
+			orig_height >>= 1;
+			orig_width >>= 1;
+		} else {
+			/* UV is downsampled by 2 horizontally and vertically */
+			orig_height <<= 1;
+			orig_width <<= 1;
+		}
+
 		break;
 	case OMAP_DSS_COLOR_YUV2:
 	case OMAP_DSS_COLOR_UYVY:
-		/*For YUV422 with 90/270 rotation,
-		 *we don't upsample chroma
-		 */
+		/* For YUV422 with 90/270 rotation, we don't upsample chroma */
 		if (rotation == OMAP_DSS_ROT_0 ||
-			rotation == OMAP_DSS_ROT_180)
-			/* UV is subsampled by 2 hrz*/
-			orig_width >>= 1;
+				rotation == OMAP_DSS_ROT_180) {
+			if (chroma_upscale)
+				/* UV is subsampled by 2 horizontally */
+				orig_width >>= 1;
+			else
+				/* UV is downsampled by 2 horizontally */
+				orig_width <<= 1;
+		}
+
 		/* must use FIR for YUV422 if rotated */
 		if (rotation != OMAP_DSS_ROT_0)
 			scale_x = scale_y = true;
+
 		break;
 	default:
 		BUG();