diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-m1.yml b/.github/workflows/test-m1.yml
index c03fa9f76e4..8b1c6147d15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-m1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-m1.yml
@@ -46,5 +46,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           . ~/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
           set -ex
-          conda run -p ${ENV_NAME} --no-capture-output python3 -u -mpytest -v --tb=long --durations 20
+
+          # Run resize benchmark
+          echo "--- Run resize benchmark ---"
+          # wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/vfdev-5/a2e30ed50b5996807c9b09d5d33d8bc2/raw/8d4731c785140356a89c0afe4b012b304c4f1787/check_resize_uint8.py
+          curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/vfdev-5/a2e30ed50b5996807c9b09d5d33d8bc2/raw/8d4731c785140356a89c0afe4b012b304c4f1787/check_resize_uint8.py -o /tmp/check_resize_uint8.py
+          conda run -p ${ENV_NAME} python3 -u /tmp/check_resize_uint8.py
+          echo "--- END Run resize benchmark ---"
+
+          # conda run -p ${ENV_NAME} --no-capture-output python3 -u -mpytest -v --tb=long --durations 20
           conda env remove -p ${ENV_NAME}
diff --git a/torchvision/transforms/v2/functional/_geometry.py b/torchvision/transforms/v2/functional/_geometry.py
index c48250f3b96..75ee90de68a 100644
--- a/torchvision/transforms/v2/functional/_geometry.py
+++ b/torchvision/transforms/v2/functional/_geometry.py
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ def resize_image_tensor(
         image = image.reshape(-1, num_channels, old_height, old_width)
 
         dtype = image.dtype
-        need_cast = dtype not in (torch.float32, torch.float64)
+        acceptable_dtypes = [torch.float32, torch.float64]
+        if interpolation.value in ["nearest", "bilinear"]:
+            acceptable_dtypes.append(torch.uint8)
+        need_cast = dtype not in acceptable_dtypes
         if need_cast:
             image = image.to(dtype=torch.float32)