diff --git a/include/libyuv/scale_row.h b/include/libyuv/scale_row.h
index 9696f4064..c4df7348a 100644
--- a/include/libyuv/scale_row.h
+++ b/include/libyuv/scale_row.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ extern "C" {
     defined(__aarch64__)
 #define HAS_SCALEROWDOWN2_SME
 #define HAS_SCALEUVROWDOWN2_SME
+#define HAS_SCALEUVROWDOWN2LINEAR_SME
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(LIBYUV_DISABLE_MSA) && defined(__mips_msa)
@@ -1163,6 +1164,10 @@ void ScaleUVRowDown2Linear_NEON(const uint8_t* src_ptr,
                                 ptrdiff_t src_stride,
                                 uint8_t* dst_uv,
                                 int dst_width);
+void ScaleUVRowDown2Linear_SME(const uint8_t* src_ptr,
+                               ptrdiff_t src_stride,
+                               uint8_t* dst_uv,
+                               int dst_width);
 void ScaleUVRowDown2Box_NEON(const uint8_t* src_ptr,
                              ptrdiff_t src_stride,
                              uint8_t* dst,
diff --git a/source/scale_sme.cc b/source/scale_sme.cc
index 032b8005e..ee63c090b 100644
--- a/source/scale_sme.cc
+++ b/source/scale_sme.cc
@@ -187,6 +187,47 @@ __arm_locally_streaming void ScaleUVRowDown2_SME(const uint8_t* src_uv,
       : "memory", "cc", "z0", "z1", "p0");
 }
 
+__arm_locally_streaming void ScaleUVRowDown2Linear_SME(const uint8_t* src_uv,
+                                                       ptrdiff_t src_stride,
+                                                       uint8_t* dst_uv,
+                                                       int dst_width) {
+  // Streaming-SVE only, no use of ZA tile.
+  (void)src_stride;
+  int vl;
+  asm volatile(
+      "cnth     %x[vl]                                       \n"
+      "ptrue    p1.b                                         \n"
+      "subs     %w[dst_width], %w[dst_width], %w[vl]         \n"
+      "b.lt     2f                                           \n"
+
+      "ptrue    p0.h                                         \n"
+      "1:                                                    \n"
+      "ld2h     {z0.h, z1.h}, p0/z, [%[src_uv]]              \n"
+      "incb     %[src_uv], all, mul #2                       \n"
+      "urhadd   z0.b, p1/m, z0.b, z1.b                       \n"
+      "st1h     {z0.h}, p0, [%[dst_uv]]                      \n"
+      "incb     %[dst_uv], all, mul #1                       \n"
+      "subs     %w[dst_width], %w[dst_width], %w[vl]         \n"
+      "b.ge     1b                                           \n"
+
+      "2:                                                    \n"
+      "adds     %w[dst_width], %w[dst_width], %w[vl]         \n"
+      "b.eq     99f                                          \n"
+
+      "whilelt  p0.h, wzr, %w[dst_width]                     \n"
+      "ld2h     {z0.h, z1.h}, p0/z, [%[src_uv]]              \n"
+      "urhadd   z0.b, p1/m, z0.b, z1.b                       \n"
+      "st1h     {z0.h}, p0, [%[dst_uv]]                      \n"
+
+      "99:                                                   \n"
+      : [src_uv] "+r"(src_uv),        // %[src_uv]
+        [dst_uv] "+r"(dst_uv),        // %[dst_uv]
+        [dst_width] "+r"(dst_width),  // %[dst_width]
+        [vl] "=r"(vl)                 // %[vl]
+      :
+      : "z0", "z1", "p0", "p1");
+}
+
 #endif  // !defined(LIBYUV_DISABLE_SME) && defined(CLANG_HAS_SME) &&
         // defined(__aarch64__)
 
diff --git a/source/scale_uv.cc b/source/scale_uv.cc
index 3f608b7c3..4498027ea 100644
--- a/source/scale_uv.cc
+++ b/source/scale_uv.cc
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ static void ScaleUVDown2(int src_width,
   }
 #endif
 #if defined(HAS_SCALEUVROWDOWN2_SME)
-  if (TestCpuFlag(kCpuHasSME) && filtering == kFilterNone) {
-    ScaleUVRowDown2 = ScaleUVRowDown2_SME;
+  if (TestCpuFlag(kCpuHasSME) &&
+      (filtering == kFilterNone || filtering == kFilterLinear)) {
+    ScaleUVRowDown2 = filtering == kFilterNone ? ScaleUVRowDown2_SME
+                                               : ScaleUVRowDown2Linear_SME;
   }
 #endif
 #if defined(HAS_SCALEUVROWDOWN2_RVV)