diff --git a/crates/images/src/jpeg.rs b/crates/images/src/jpeg.rs
index 6188a53fc..a4a2a0971 100644
--- a/crates/images/src/jpeg.rs
+++ b/crates/images/src/jpeg.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,14 @@ pub(crate) fn decode_reduced(bytes: &[u8], shrink: u8) -> Option<(image::RgbaIma
         }
     }
     let reduced = |n: u16| u16::try_from(u32::from(n).div_ceil(1 << shrink)).ok();
-    let (w, h) = d.scale(reduced(info.width)?, reduced(info.height)?).ok()?;
+    let expected = (reduced(info.width)?, reduced(info.height)?);
+    // The decoder takes the smallest scale that meets either requested side, and a short side
+    // rounds up to the same size at several scales, so only the long side is requested.
+    let request = if info.width >= info.height { (expected.0, u16::MAX) } else { (u16::MAX, expected.1) };
+    let (w, h) = d.scale(request.0, request.1).ok()?;
+    if (w, h) != expected {
+        return None;
+    }
     let px = d.decode().ok()?;
     let pixels = usize::from(w).checked_mul(usize::from(h))?;
     let rgba: Vec<u8> = if colour {
diff --git a/crates/images/src/tests.rs b/crates/images/src/tests.rs
index 184e3c9c9..3edfa89b9 100644
--- a/crates/images/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/images/src/tests.rs
@@ -596,6 +596,19 @@ fn reduced_jpegs_decode_at_a_half_quarter_or_eighth_rounded_up() {
     assert!(decode_rgba_reduced(&jpeg, 4).is_none());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_thin_reduced_jpeg_keeps_its_long_side_at_the_requested_reduction() {
+    // The short side rounds up to 1 at every reduction, so it cannot pick the scale.
+    for (w, h) in [(100, 2), (2, 100)] {
+        let jpeg = gradient_jpeg(w, h, false);
+        for (shrink, long) in [(1, 50), (2, 25), (3, 13)] {
+            let img = decode_rgba_reduced(&jpeg, shrink).unwrap();
+            let size = if w > h { (long, 1) } else { (1, long) };
+            assert_eq!(img.dimensions(), size, "{w} × {h}, shrink {shrink}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn reduced_decoding_is_for_jpegs_and_survives_damaged_ones() {
     let gray = decode_rgba_reduced(&gradient_jpeg(64, 64, true), 2).unwrap();