diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/config.c b/src/gallium/frontends/va/config.c
index e7172a3c7a5..e658867f6e0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/config.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/config.c
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ vlVaCreateConfig(VADriverContextP ctx, VAProfile profile, VAEntrypoint entrypoin
          }
       }
       if (attrib_list[i].type == VAConfigAttribEncPackedHeaders) {
-         if (attrib_list[i].value != 0) {
+         if (attrib_list[i].value > 1 ||
+             config->entrypoint != PIPE_VIDEO_ENTRYPOINT_ENCODE) {
             FREE(config);
             return VA_STATUS_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE;
          }