diff --git a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/SDL_pixels.c b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/SDL_pixels.c
index abfa36825..02a6e406d 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/SDL_pixels.c
+++ b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/SDL_pixels.c
@@ -304,11 +304,12 @@ Uint16 SDL_CalculatePitch(SDL_Surface *surface)
 		default:
 			break;
 	}
-// 4-byte aligning adds extra memcpy() with OpenGL ES renderer
-// TODO: check if we really can disable that for Android
-#ifndef ANDROID
-	pitch = (pitch + 3) & ~3;	/* 4-byte aligning */
+
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    if( surface->format->BytesPerPixel != 2 ) /* Avoid extra memcpy() when updating GLES textures */
 #endif
+	pitch = (pitch + 3) & ~3;	/* 4-byte aligning */
+
 	return(pitch);
 }
 /*
diff --git a/project/jni/sdl-1.3/src/video/SDL_pixels.c b/project/jni/sdl-1.3/src/video/SDL_pixels.c
index 3ada76536..53be93d2f 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl-1.3/src/video/SDL_pixels.c
+++ b/project/jni/sdl-1.3/src/video/SDL_pixels.c
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ SDL_CalculatePitch(SDL_Surface * surface)
     default:
         break;
     }
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    if( surface->format->BytesPerPixel != 2 ) /* Avoid extra memcpy() when calling SDL_UpdateTexture() */
+#endif
     pitch = (pitch + 3) & ~3;   /* 4-byte aligning */
     return (pitch);
 }