diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-hw.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-hw.c
index 0187d4ab97e8..16b20ea2d1db 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-hw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-hw.c
@@ -112,7 +112,14 @@ static u32 mxc_isi_channel_scaling_ratio(unsigned int from, unsigned int to,
 	else
 		*dec = 8;
 
-	return min_t(u32, from * 0x1000 / (to * *dec), ISI_DOWNSCALE_THRESHOLD);
+	/*
+	 * The ISI rounds output dimensions up to the next integer (i.MX93 RM
+	 * section 57.7.8). Calculate the scale factor such that the theoretical
+	 * output (input / scale_factor) rounds up to exactly the desired
+	 * output.
+	 */
+	return min_t(u32, DIV_ROUND_UP(from * 0x1000, to * *dec),
+		     ISI_DOWNSCALE_THRESHOLD);
 }
 
 static void mxc_isi_channel_set_scaling(struct mxc_isi_pipe *pipe,