diff --git a/libswscale/options.c b/libswscale/options.c
index 5433d55b9bdbc538c4f337a63fd7143cc743df27..4d49c3e8cc12f01785e97a91896b72482ab29c51 100644
--- a/libswscale/options.c
+++ b/libswscale/options.c
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ static const AVOption swscale_options[] = {
     { "param0",          "scaler param 0",                OFFSET(param[0]),  AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE, { .dbl = SWS_PARAM_DEFAULT  }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,        VE },
     { "param1",          "scaler param 1",                OFFSET(param[1]),  AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE, { .dbl = SWS_PARAM_DEFAULT  }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,        VE },
 
-    { "src_v_chr_pos",   "source vertical chroma position in luma grid/256"  , OFFSET(src_v_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1            }, -1,      512,             VE },
-    { "src_h_chr_pos",   "source horizontal chroma position in luma grid/256", OFFSET(src_h_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1            }, -1,      512,             VE },
-    { "dst_v_chr_pos",   "destination vertical chroma position in luma grid/256"  , OFFSET(dst_v_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1            }, -1,      512,             VE },
-    { "dst_h_chr_pos",   "destination horizontal chroma position in luma grid/256", OFFSET(dst_h_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1            }, -1,      512,             VE },
+    { "src_v_chr_pos",   "source vertical chroma position in luma grid/256"  ,      OFFSET(src_v_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -513 }, -513,      512,             VE },
+    { "src_h_chr_pos",   "source horizontal chroma position in luma grid/256",      OFFSET(src_h_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -513 }, -513,      512,             VE },
+    { "dst_v_chr_pos",   "destination vertical chroma position in luma grid/256"  , OFFSET(dst_v_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -513 }, -513,      512,             VE },
+    { "dst_h_chr_pos",   "destination horizontal chroma position in luma grid/256", OFFSET(dst_h_chr_pos), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -513 }, -513,      512,             VE },
 
     { "sws_dither",      "set dithering algorithm",       OFFSET(dither),    AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    { .i64  = SWS_DITHER_AUTO    }, 0,       NB_SWS_DITHER,  VE, "sws_dither" },
     { "auto",            "leave choice to sws",           0,                 AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST,  { .i64  = SWS_DITHER_AUTO    }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,        VE, "sws_dither" },
diff --git a/libswscale/utils.c b/libswscale/utils.c
index 06fd358d94541fd1bf5dc06f75ed141a68ae0d9f..56157001f0dcad03f7b2fd23c96ffd0905d368eb 100644
--- a/libswscale/utils.c
+++ b/libswscale/utils.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static double getSplineCoeff(double a, double b, double c, double d,
 
 static av_cold int get_local_pos(SwsContext *s, int chr_subsample, int pos, int dir)
 {
-    if (pos < 0) {
+    if (pos == -1 || pos <= -513) {
         pos = (128 << chr_subsample) - 128;
     }
     pos += 128; // relative to ideal left edge
diff --git a/libswscale/version.h b/libswscale/version.h
index b76488381911deea4675935a69be31e6074ce976..77c374ea30b9a92243f5d1d487aa2eed792a425a 100644
--- a/libswscale/version.h
+++ b/libswscale/version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR 3
-#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR 1
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR, \