diff --git a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
index 00c577f7..e1b2a4a3 100644
--- a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
+++ b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
@@ -315,10 +315,6 @@ if (to_gray) {
 	// save cumul to file
 if (verbosity) fprintf(stderr, "saving to '%s'\n", outfile);
 
-if (upscaling) {		/* nasty workaround */
-	cumul.count /= 4;	/* WTF ? */
-	}
-
 foo = fimg_save_as_pnm(&cumul, outfile, 1);
 
 	// free buffers
diff --git a/v4l2/rgb2fimg.c b/v4l2/rgb2fimg.c
index 79bdb7b2..f9a72373 100644
--- a/v4l2/rgb2fimg.c
+++ b/v4l2/rgb2fimg.c
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ for (y=0; y<h; y++) {
 
 modz++;			/* next displacment index */
 
-d->count++;		/* one more frame in the accumulator */
+if ( ! (modz & 0x03)) {
+	d->count++;		/* one more frame in the accumulator */
+	}
 
 return -1;
 }