diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-reg.h b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-reg.h
index 885089e22bcd..0a3cb04fbeae 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-reg.h
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-reg.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@
 #define EM28XX_R31_HSCALEHIGH	0x31
 #define EM28XX_R32_VSCALELOW	0x32
 #define EM28XX_R33_VSCALEHIGH	0x33
+#define   EM28XX_HVSCALE_MAX	0x3fff /* => 20% */
+
 #define EM28XX_R34_VBI_START_H	0x34
 #define EM28XX_R35_VBI_START_V	0x35
 #define EM28XX_R36_VBI_WIDTH	0x36
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index 6d261232278c..9451e1ed0ec8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -807,12 +807,12 @@ static void get_scale(struct em28xx *dev,
 	unsigned int          maxh = norm_maxh(dev);
 
 	*hscale = (((unsigned long)maxw) << 12) / width - 4096L;
-	if (*hscale >= 0x4000)
-		*hscale = 0x3fff;
+	if (*hscale > EM28XX_HVSCALE_MAX)
+		*hscale = EM28XX_HVSCALE_MAX;
 
 	*vscale = (((unsigned long)maxh) << 12) / height - 4096L;
-	if (*vscale >= 0x4000)
-		*vscale = 0x3fff;
+	if (*vscale > EM28XX_HVSCALE_MAX)
+		*vscale = EM28XX_HVSCALE_MAX;
 }
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------