diff --git a/fastembed/image/transform/operators.py b/fastembed/image/transform/operators.py
index c5155be4..5c747b85 100644
--- a/fastembed/image/transform/operators.py
+++ b/fastembed/image/transform/operators.py
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ def _get_resize(cls, transforms: list[Transform], config: dict[str, Any]) -> Non
                     )
                 )
         elif mode == "ConvNextFeatureExtractor":
+            # HF defaults do_resize to True for ConvNeXT; it also gates the coupled crop
+            if not config.get("do_resize", True):
+                return
             if "size" in config and "shortest_edge" not in config["size"]:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Size dictionary must contain 'shortest_edge' key. Got {config['size'].keys()}"