diff --git a/libavcodec/error_resilience.c b/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
index 1c9a07ca84..f15b0b6cda 100644
--- a/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
+++ b/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ void ff_er_frame_end(MpegEncContext *s){
     int size = s->b8_stride * 2 * s->mb_height;
     Picture *pic= s->current_picture_ptr;
 
-    if(!s->error_recognition || s->error_count==0 ||
+    if(!s->error_recognition || s->error_count==0 || s->avctx->lowres ||
        s->error_count==3*s->mb_width*(s->avctx->skip_top + s->avctx->skip_bottom)) return;
 
     if(s->current_picture.motion_val[0] == NULL){