diff --git a/src/video/SDL_fillrect.c b/src/video/SDL_fillrect.c
index d7d112fd14..c7d8acd05d 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_fillrect.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_fillrect.c
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ static void SDL_FillRect##bpp##SSE(Uint8 *pixels, int pitch, Uint32 color, int w
 { \
     int i, n; \
     Uint8 *p = NULL; \
+  \
+    /* If the number of bytes per row is equal to the pitch, treat */ \
+    /* all rows as one long continuous row (for better performance) */ \
+    if ((w) * (bpp) == pitch) { \
+        w = w * h; \
+        h = 1; \
+    } \
  \
     SSE_BEGIN; \
  \