diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2c7237e556e..c35c1e15959 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     application/octet-stream). (Anatol)
 
 - GD:
+  . Fixed bug #73281 (imagescale(…, IMG_BILINEAR_FIXED) can cause black border).
+    (cmb)
   . Fixed bug #77272 (imagescale() may return image resource on failure). (cmb)
   . Fixed bug #77391 (1bpp BMPs may fail to be loaded). (Romain Déoux, cmb)
 
diff --git a/ext/gd/libgd/gd_interpolation.c b/ext/gd/libgd/gd_interpolation.c
index d318c44cb7f..86549a279d5 100644
--- a/ext/gd/libgd/gd_interpolation.c
+++ b/ext/gd/libgd/gd_interpolation.c
@@ -662,43 +662,7 @@ static inline int getPixelOverflowTC(gdImagePtr im, const int x, const int y, co
 		}
 		return c;
 	} else {
-		register int border = 0;
-
-		if (y < im->cy1) {
-			border = im->tpixels[0][im->cx1];
-			goto processborder;
-		}
-
-		if (y < im->cy1) {
-			border = im->tpixels[0][im->cx1];
-			goto processborder;
-		}
-
-		if (y > im->cy2) {
-			if (x >= im->cx1 && x <= im->cx1) {
-				border = im->tpixels[im->cy2][x];
-				goto processborder;
-			} else {
-				return gdTrueColorAlpha(0, 0, 0, 127);
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* y is bound safe at this point */
-		if (x < im->cx1) {
-			border = im->tpixels[y][im->cx1];
-			goto processborder;
-		}
-
-		if (x > im->cx2) {
-			border = im->tpixels[y][im->cx2];
-		}
-
-processborder:
-		if (border == im->transparent) {
-			return gdTrueColorAlpha(0, 0, 0, 127);
-		} else{
-			return gdTrueColorAlpha(gdTrueColorGetRed(border), gdTrueColorGetGreen(border), gdTrueColorGetBlue(border), 127);
-		}
+		return bgColor;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -713,42 +677,7 @@ static inline int getPixelOverflowPalette(gdImagePtr im, const int x, const int
 		}
 		return colorIndex2RGBA(c);
 	} else {
-		register int border = 0;
-		if (y < im->cy1) {
-			border = gdImageGetPixel(im, im->cx1, 0);
-			goto processborder;
-		}
-
-		if (y < im->cy1) {
-			border = gdImageGetPixel(im, im->cx1, 0);
-			goto processborder;
-		}
-
-		if (y > im->cy2) {
-			if (x >= im->cx1 && x <= im->cx1) {
-				border = gdImageGetPixel(im, x,  im->cy2);
-				goto processborder;
-			} else {
-				return gdTrueColorAlpha(0, 0, 0, 127);
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* y is bound safe at this point */
-		if (x < im->cx1) {
-			border = gdImageGetPixel(im, im->cx1, y);
-			goto processborder;
-		}
-
-		if (x > im->cx2) {
-			border = gdImageGetPixel(im, im->cx2, y);
-		}
-
-processborder:
-		if (border == im->transparent) {
-			return gdTrueColorAlpha(0, 0, 0, 127);
-		} else{
-			return colorIndex2RGBcustomA(border, 127);
-		}
+		return bgColor;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1306,11 +1235,11 @@ static gdImagePtr gdImageScaleBilinearPalette(gdImagePtr im, const unsigned int
 					f_b1, f_b2, f_b3, f_b4,
 					f_a1, f_a2, f_a3, f_a4;
 
-			/* zero for the background color, nothig gets outside anyway */
+			/* 0 for bgColor; (n,m) is supposed to be valid anyway */
 			pixel1 = getPixelOverflowPalette(im, n, m, 0);
-			pixel2 = getPixelOverflowPalette(im, n + 1, m, 0);
-			pixel3 = getPixelOverflowPalette(im, n, m + 1, 0);
-			pixel4 = getPixelOverflowPalette(im, n + 1, m + 1, 0);
+			pixel2 = getPixelOverflowPalette(im, n + 1, m, pixel1);
+			pixel3 = getPixelOverflowPalette(im, n, m + 1, pixel1);
+			pixel4 = getPixelOverflowPalette(im, n + 1, m + 1, pixel1);
 
 			f_r1 = gd_itofx(gdTrueColorGetRed(pixel1));
 			f_r2 = gd_itofx(gdTrueColorGetRed(pixel2));
@@ -1398,11 +1327,11 @@ static gdImagePtr gdImageScaleBilinearTC(gdImagePtr im, const unsigned int new_w
 					f_b1, f_b2, f_b3, f_b4,
 					f_a1, f_a2, f_a3, f_a4;
 			dwSrcTotalOffset = m + n;
-			/* 0 for bgColor, nothing gets outside anyway */
+			/* 0 for bgColor; (n,m) is supposed to be valid anyway */
 			pixel1 = getPixelOverflowTC(im, n, m, 0);
-			pixel2 = getPixelOverflowTC(im, n + 1, m, 0);
-			pixel3 = getPixelOverflowTC(im, n, m + 1, 0);
-			pixel4 = getPixelOverflowTC(im, n + 1, m + 1, 0);
+			pixel2 = getPixelOverflowTC(im, n + 1, m, pixel1);
+			pixel3 = getPixelOverflowTC(im, n, m + 1, pixel1);
+			pixel4 = getPixelOverflowTC(im, n + 1, m + 1, pixel1);
 
 			f_r1 = gd_itofx(gdTrueColorGetRed(pixel1));
 			f_r2 = gd_itofx(gdTrueColorGetRed(pixel2));
diff --git a/ext/gd/tests/bug73281.phpt b/ext/gd/tests/bug73281.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..162ee1b33a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/gd/tests/bug73281.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #73281 (imagescale(…, IMG_BILINEAR_FIXED) can cause black border)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('gd')) die('skip gd extension not available');
+if (!GD_BUNDLED && version_compare(GD_VERSION, '2.2.3', '<=')) die('skip upstream fix not yet released');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$coordinates = [[0, 0], [0, 199], [199, 199], [199, 0]];
+
+$src = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);
+$white = imagecolorallocate($src, 255, 255, 255);
+imagefilledrectangle($src, 0,0, 99,99, $white);
+$dst = imagescale($src, 200, 200, IMG_BILINEAR_FIXED);
+echo "truecolor source\n";
+foreach ($coordinates as $coordinate) {
+    list($x, $y) = $coordinate;
+    printf("%3d, %3d: %x\n", $x, $y, imagecolorat($dst, $x, $y));
+}
+
+$src = imagecreate(100, 100);
+$white = imagecolorallocate($src, 255, 255, 255);
+imagefilledrectangle($src, 0,0, 99,99, $white);
+$dst = imagescale($src, 200, 200, IMG_BILINEAR_FIXED);
+echo "\npalette source\n";
+foreach ($coordinates as $coordinate) {
+    list($x, $y) = $coordinate;
+    printf("%3d, %3d: %x\n", $x, $y, imagecolorat($dst, $x, $y));
+}
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECT--
+truecolor source
+  0,   0: ffffff
+  0, 199: ffffff
+199, 199: ffffff
+199,   0: ffffff
+
+palette source
+  0,   0: ffffff
+  0, 199: ffffff
+199, 199: ffffff
+199,   0: ffffff
+===DONE===