diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
index f741419e7e..4182e115ff 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ static int scale_slice(AVFilterLink *link, AVFrame *out_buf, AVFrame *cur_pic, s
         int vsub= ((i+1)&2) ? scale->vsub : 0;
          in_stride[i] = cur_pic->linesize[i] * mul;
         out_stride[i] = out_buf->linesize[i] * mul;
-         in[i] = cur_pic->data[i] + ((y>>vsub)+field) * cur_pic->linesize[i];
-        out[i] = out_buf->data[i] +            field  * out_buf->linesize[i];
+         in[i] = FF_PTR_ADD(cur_pic->data[i], ((y>>vsub)+field) * cur_pic->linesize[i]);
+        out[i] = FF_PTR_ADD(out_buf->data[i],            field  * out_buf->linesize[i]);
     }
     if(scale->input_is_pal)
          in[1] = cur_pic->data[1];