diff --git a/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java b/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
index 4962b8c046..3ca890e0d8 100644
--- a/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
+++ b/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
       throw createRendererException(
           e, rendererIndex, inputFormat, PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_UNSPECIFIED);
     }
-    if (inputFormat.height != transformation.outputHeight
-        || !transformation.transformationMatrix.isIdentity()) {
+    if (inputFormat.height != outputHeight || !transformation.transformationMatrix.isIdentity()) {
       frameEditor =
           FrameEditor.create(
               context,