diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
index 870e756..6892834 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
@@ -4096,6 +4096,7 @@
      * held by the decoder. */
     own_min = min + obj->min_buffers + 1;
 
+#if 0
     /* If no allocation parameters where provided, allow for a little more
      * buffers and enable copy threshold */
     if (!update) {
@@ -4106,6 +4107,10 @@
       gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_copy_at_threshold (GST_V4L2_BUFFER_POOL (pool),
           FALSE);
     }
+#else
+    /* Never enable buffer copies as it significantly degrades performance. */
+    gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_copy_at_threshold (GST_V4L2_BUFFER_POOL (pool), FALSE);
+#endif
 
   } else {
     /* In this case we'll have to configure two buffer pool. For our buffer