diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_zscale.c b/libavfilter/vf_zscale.c
index 952efaf41b..2c390de308 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_zscale.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_zscale.c
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ typedef struct ZScaleContext {
     void *tmp[MAX_THREADS]; //separate for each thread;
     int nb_threads;
     int jobs_ret[MAX_THREADS];
+    int in_slice_start[MAX_THREADS];
+    int in_slice_end[MAX_THREADS];
+    int out_slice_start[MAX_THREADS];
+    int out_slice_end[MAX_THREADS];
 
     zimg_image_format src_format, dst_format;
     zimg_image_format alpha_src_format, alpha_dst_format;
@@ -226,6 +230,31 @@ static int query_formats(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     return ff_formats_ref(ff_make_format_list(pixel_fmts), &ctx->outputs[0]->incfg.formats);
 }
 
+static void slice_params(ZScaleContext *s, int out_h, int in_h)
+{
+    int slice_size;
+
+    slice_size = (out_h + s->nb_threads - 1) / s->nb_threads;
+    if (slice_size % 2)
+        slice_size += 1;
+    s->out_slice_start[0] = 0;
+    s->out_slice_end[0] = FFMIN(out_h, slice_size);
+    for (int i = 1; i < s->nb_threads - 1; i++) {
+        s->out_slice_start[i] = s->out_slice_end[i-1];
+        s->out_slice_end[i] = s->out_slice_start[i] + slice_size;
+    }
+
+    if (s->nb_threads > 1) {
+        s->out_slice_start[s->nb_threads - 1] = s->out_slice_end[s->nb_threads - 2];
+        s->out_slice_end[s->nb_threads - 1] = out_h;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < s->nb_threads; i++) {
+        s->in_slice_start[i] = av_rescale_rnd(s->out_slice_start[i], in_h * 2, out_h * 2, AV_ROUND_NEAR_INF);
+        s->in_slice_end[i] = av_rescale_rnd(s->out_slice_end[i], in_h * 2, out_h * 2, AV_ROUND_NEAR_INF);
+    }
+}
+
 static int config_props(AVFilterLink *outlink)
 {
     AVFilterContext *ctx = outlink->src;
@@ -570,10 +599,10 @@ static int graphs_build(AVFrame *in, AVFrame *out, const AVPixFmtDescriptor *des
     zimg_image_format dst_format;
     zimg_image_format alpha_src_format;
     zimg_image_format alpha_dst_format;
-    const int in_slice_start  =  4 * ((((in->height  + 2) / 4) *  job_nr)   / n_jobs);
-    const int in_slice_end    = (job_nr == n_jobs-1) ? in->height  : 4 *  (((in->height  + 2) / 4) * (job_nr+1) / n_jobs);
-    const int out_slice_start =  4 * ((((out->height + 2) / 4) *  job_nr)   / n_jobs);
-    const int out_slice_end   = (job_nr == n_jobs-1) ? out->height : 4 *  (((out->height + 2) / 4) * (job_nr+1) / n_jobs);
+    const int in_slice_start  = s->in_slice_start[job_nr];
+    const int in_slice_end    = s->in_slice_end[job_nr];
+    const int out_slice_start = s->out_slice_start[job_nr];
+    const int out_slice_end   = s->out_slice_end[job_nr];
 
     src_format = s->src_format;
     dst_format = s->dst_format;
@@ -694,7 +723,7 @@ static int filter_slice(AVFilterContext *ctx, void *data, int job_nr, int n_jobs
     ZScaleContext *s = ctx->priv;
     zimg_image_buffer_const src_buf = { ZIMG_API_VERSION };
     zimg_image_buffer dst_buf = { ZIMG_API_VERSION };
-    const int out_slice_start = 4 * ((((td->out->height + 2) / 4) * job_nr) / n_jobs);
+    const int out_slice_start = s->out_slice_start[job_nr];
 
     /* create zimg filter graphs for each thread
      only if not created earlier or there is some change in frame parameters */
@@ -810,6 +839,8 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *link, AVFrame *in)
         s->out_primaries = out->color_primaries;
         s->out_range = out->color_range;
 
+        slice_params(s, out->height, in->height);
+
         zimg_image_format_default(&s->src_format, ZIMG_API_VERSION);
         zimg_image_format_default(&s->dst_format, ZIMG_API_VERSION);
         zimg_graph_builder_params_default(&s->params, ZIMG_API_VERSION);