diff --git a/media/codec2/components/mpeg4_h263/C2SoftMpeg4Enc.cpp b/media/codec2/components/mpeg4_h263/C2SoftMpeg4Enc.cpp
index 36053f6..54c8c47 100644
--- a/media/codec2/components/mpeg4_h263/C2SoftMpeg4Enc.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/components/mpeg4_h263/C2SoftMpeg4Enc.cpp
@@ -517,9 +517,11 @@
             if (layout.planes[layout.PLANE_Y].colInc == 1
                     && layout.planes[layout.PLANE_U].colInc == 1
                     && layout.planes[layout.PLANE_V].colInc == 1
+                    && yStride == align(width, 16)
                     && uStride == vStride
                     && yStride == 2 * vStride) {
-                // I420 compatible - planes are already set up above
+                // I420 compatible with yStride being equal to aligned width
+                // planes are already set up above
                 break;
             }