diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs
index e9f50fb493..aff768543c 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ internal class Vp8BitWriter : BitWriterBase
 
     private uint pos;
 
-    private readonly int maxPos;
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Vp8BitWriter"/> class.
     /// </summary>
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ public Vp8BitWriter(int expectedSize, Vp8Encoder enc)
         this.run = 0;
         this.nbBits = -8;
         this.pos = 0;
-        this.maxPos = 0;
 
         this.enc = enc;
     }
@@ -185,12 +182,15 @@ public int PutCoeffs(int ctx, Vp8Residual residual)
     public override void BitWriterResize(int extraSize)
     {
         long neededSize = this.pos + extraSize;
-        if (neededSize <= this.maxPos)
+
+        // Compare against the current capacity and grow from it, so the buffer only reallocates
+        // when it is actually full and grows geometrically (libwebp tracks this as max_pos).
+        if (neededSize <= this.Buffer.Length)
         {
             return;
         }
 
-        this.ResizeBuffer(this.maxPos, (int)neededSize);
+        this.ResizeBuffer(this.Buffer.Length, (int)neededSize);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/WebP/Vp8BitWriterTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/WebP/Vp8BitWriterTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bd5eeae0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/WebP/Vp8BitWriterTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp.BitWriter;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp.Lossy;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Webp;
+
+[Trait("Format", "Webp")]
+public class Vp8BitWriterTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void BitWriterResize_WithinCapacity_DoesNotReallocate()
+    {
+        using Vp8Encoder encoder = CreateEncoder();
+        Vp8BitWriter writer = new(4096, encoder);
+        byte[] buffer = writer.Buffer;
+
+        writer.BitWriterResize(1);
+        writer.BitWriterResize(4096);
+
+        Assert.Same(buffer, writer.Buffer);
+        Assert.Equal(4096, writer.Buffer.Length);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BitWriterResize_GrowsBufferGeometrically()
+    {
+        const int targetBytes = 256 * 1024;
+        using Vp8Encoder encoder = CreateEncoder();
+        Vp8BitWriter writer = new(1024, encoder);
+        Random random = new(42);
+        byte[] buffer = writer.Buffer;
+        int reallocations = 0;
+
+        // Emit pseudo-random modes until the partition holds at least targetBytes, counting how often
+        // the backing buffer is replaced.
+        while (writer.NumBytes < targetBytes)
+        {
+            writer.PutUvMode(random.Next(4));
+            if (!ReferenceEquals(buffer, writer.Buffer))
+            {
+                reallocations++;
+                buffer = writer.Buffer;
+            }
+        }
+
+        writer.Finish();
+
+        Assert.True(writer.Buffer.Length >= writer.NumBytes);
+
+        // Growing by 1.5x (rounded up to the next KiB) from 1 KiB needs 12 reallocations to hold 256 KiB.
+        // Growing in 1 KiB steps (one reallocation per KiB written) would need 256.
+        Assert.InRange(reallocations, 1, 16);
+    }
+
+    private static Vp8Encoder CreateEncoder()
+        => new(
+            Configuration.Default.MemoryAllocator,
+            Configuration.Default,
+            16,
+            16,
+            75,
+            false,
+            WebpEncodingMethod.Default,
+            1,
+            60,
+            50,
+            false);
+}