diff --git a/pytorch3d/structures/textures.py b/pytorch3d/structures/textures.py
index fecece4b..fa32ae38 100644
--- a/pytorch3d/structures/textures.py
+++ b/pytorch3d/structures/textures.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Union
 
 import torch
-import torchvision.transforms as T
+from torch.nn.functional import interpolate
 
 from .utils import padded_to_list, padded_to_packed
 
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ def _pad_texture_maps(images: List[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
     Pad all texture images so they have the same height and width.
 
     Args:
-        images: list of N tensors of shape (H, W)
+        images: list of N tensors of shape (H, W, 3)
 
     Returns:
-        tex_maps: Tensor of shape (N, max_H, max_W)
+        tex_maps: Tensor of shape (N, max_H, max_W, 3)
     """
     tex_maps = []
     max_H = 0
@@ -35,15 +35,13 @@ def _pad_texture_maps(images: List[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
         tex_maps.append(im)
     max_shape = (max_H, max_W)
 
-    # If all texture images are not the same size then resize to the
-    # largest size.
-    resize = T.Compose([T.ToPILImage(), T.Resize(size=max_shape), T.ToTensor()])
-
     for i, image in enumerate(tex_maps):
-        if image.shape != max_shape:
-            # ToPIL takes and returns a C x H x W tensor
-            image = resize(image.permute(2, 0, 1)).permute(1, 2, 0)
-            tex_maps[i] = image
+        if image.shape[:2] != max_shape:
+            image_BCHW = image.permute(2, 0, 1)[None]
+            new_image_BCHW = interpolate(
+                image_BCHW, size=max_shape, mode="bilinear", align_corners=False
+            )
+            tex_maps[i] = new_image_BCHW[0].permute(1, 2, 0)
     tex_maps = torch.stack(tex_maps, dim=0)  # (num_tex_maps, max_H, max_W, 3)
     return tex_maps
 
diff --git a/tests/test_obj_io.py b/tests/test_obj_io.py
index 1084c7eb..3a40ba7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_obj_io.py
+++ b/tests/test_obj_io.py
@@ -607,6 +607,12 @@ class TestMeshObjIO(TestCaseMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         check_triple(mesh, mesh3)
         self.assertTupleEqual(mesh.textures.maps_padded().shape, (1, 1024, 1024, 3))
 
+        # Try mismatched texture map sizes, which needs a call to interpolate()
+        mesh2048 = mesh.clone()
+        maps = mesh.textures.maps_padded()
+        mesh2048.textures._maps_padded = torch.cat([maps, maps], dim=1)
+        join_meshes_as_batch([mesh.to("cuda:0"), mesh2048.to("cuda:0")])
+
         mesh_notex = load_objs_as_meshes([obj_filename], load_textures=False)
         mesh3_notex = load_objs_as_meshes(
             [obj_filename, obj_filename, obj_filename], load_textures=False