diff --git a/test/encode_api_test.cc b/test/encode_api_test.cc
index cad4c0e47..164db5a7b 100644
--- a/test/encode_api_test.cc
+++ b/test/encode_api_test.cc
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ TEST(EncodeAPI, HighBitDepthCapability) {
 }
 
 #if CONFIG_VP8_ENCODER
-TEST(EncodeAPI, DISABLED_ImageSizeSetting) {
+TEST(EncodeAPI, ImageSizeSetting) {
   const int width = 711;
   const int height = 360;
   const int bps = 12;
diff --git a/vpx/src/vpx_image.c b/vpx/src/vpx_image.c
index dba439c10..ebd3d7f74 100644
--- a/vpx/src/vpx_image.c
+++ b/vpx/src/vpx_image.c
@@ -88,11 +88,10 @@ static vpx_image_t *img_alloc_helper(vpx_image_t *img, vpx_img_fmt_t fmt,
     default: ycs = 0; break;
   }
 
-  /* Calculate storage sizes given the chroma subsampling */
-  align = (1 << xcs) - 1;
-  w = (d_w + align) & ~align;
-  align = (1 << ycs) - 1;
-  h = (d_h + align) & ~align;
+  /* Calculate storage sizes. If the buffer was allocated externally, the width
+   * and height shouldn't be adjusted. */
+  w = d_w;
+  h = d_h;
   s = (fmt & VPX_IMG_FMT_PLANAR) ? w : bps * w / 8;
   s = (s + stride_align - 1) & ~(stride_align - 1);
   stride_in_bytes = (fmt & VPX_IMG_FMT_HIGHBITDEPTH) ? s * 2 : s;
@@ -111,9 +110,18 @@ static vpx_image_t *img_alloc_helper(vpx_image_t *img, vpx_img_fmt_t fmt,
   img->img_data = img_data;
 
   if (!img_data) {
-    const uint64_t alloc_size = (fmt & VPX_IMG_FMT_PLANAR)
-                                    ? (uint64_t)h * s * bps / 8
-                                    : (uint64_t)h * s;
+    uint64_t alloc_size;
+    /* Calculate storage sizes given the chroma subsampling */
+    align = xcs ? (1 << xcs) - 1 : 1;
+    w = (d_w + align - 1) & ~(align - 1);
+    align = ycs ? (1 << ycs) - 1 : 1;
+    h = (d_h + align - 1) & ~(align - 1);
+
+    s = (fmt & VPX_IMG_FMT_PLANAR) ? w : bps * w / 8;
+    s = (s + stride_align - 1) & ~(stride_align - 1);
+    stride_in_bytes = (fmt & VPX_IMG_FMT_HIGHBITDEPTH) ? s * 2 : s;
+    alloc_size = (fmt & VPX_IMG_FMT_PLANAR) ? (uint64_t)h * s * bps / 8
+                                            : (uint64_t)h * s;
 
     if (alloc_size != (size_t)alloc_size) goto fail;