diff --git a/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/TransformerVideoRenderer.java b/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/TransformerVideoRenderer.java
index c90229e0c9..96f2f2be0e 100644
--- a/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/TransformerVideoRenderer.java
+++ b/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/TransformerVideoRenderer.java
@@ -148,8 +148,11 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
     if (transformationRequest.scaleY != 1f) {
       return false;
     }
+    // The decoder rotates encoded frames for display by inputFormat.rotationDegrees.
+    int decodedHeight =
+        (inputFormat.rotationDegrees % 180 == 0) ? inputFormat.height : inputFormat.width;
     if (transformationRequest.outputHeight != C.LENGTH_UNSET
-        && transformationRequest.outputHeight != inputFormat.height) {
+        && transformationRequest.outputHeight != decodedHeight) {
       return false;
     }
     if (!effects.isEmpty()) {