Black Edges Around Scaled Smart Objects

Hey folks,
I've checked around and haven't really found a good solution for this, hoping somebody can help me out.  I have a smart object with transparency that looks great at 100%, as soon as I scale it down I start getting black lines around the edges and a "bevel and emboss" type effect around the edges.  I DON'T want to scale down the contents of the smart object, that's the whole point of the smart object, to retain resolution.  The "anti-alias" checkbox in the transform panel is disabled and can't be checked.  I'm using Photoshop CC 2015.   Please help as this has been driving me nuts for months.  Thanks!

You are correct. I tried this in CS6, and the drop shadow causes the downscale algorithm to add an ugly dark border. I tried changing the image interpolation in the General options, but that has seemingly no effect at all.
Under circumstances it looks quite terrible, and the result becomes unusable for serious work. The only way to circumvent this is to remove the drop shadow in the SO, and apply the effect instead on the SO itself.
*edit* Out of curiosity, I also tested this in Photoline with cloned instanced layers (comparable to a SO in Photoshop), and there are no issues.

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