diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_vcn_dec.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_vcn_dec.c
index 1c36ff063db..edc091a771b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_vcn_dec.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_vcn_dec.c
@@ -2341,6 +2341,11 @@ struct pipe_video_codec *radeon_create_decoder(struct pipe_context *context,
    else
       dec->send_cmd = send_cmd_dec;
 
+   if (sctx->family <= CHIP_NAVI14 && stream_type == RDECODE_CODEC_VP9)
+      dec->dpb_type = DPB_DYNAMIC_TIER_1;
+   else
+      dec->dpb_type = DPB_MAX_RES;
+
    return &dec->base;
 
 error: