diff --git a/docs/envvars.rst b/docs/envvars.rst
index 29471405e5c..39e3c1be2aa 100644
--- a/docs/envvars.rst
+++ b/docs/envvars.rst
@@ -1743,6 +1743,8 @@ RadeonSI driver environment variables
       Disable DPBB. Overrules the dpbb enable option.
    ``noefc``
       Disable hardware based encoder color format conversion
+   ``lowlatencydec``
+      Enable low latency decoding
    ``lowlatencyenc``
       Enable low latency encoding
    ``notiling``
diff --git a/src/amd/common/ac_vcn_dec.h b/src/amd/common/ac_vcn_dec.h
index b6f5285517a..f8f92b74843 100644
--- a/src/amd/common/ac_vcn_dec.h
+++ b/src/amd/common/ac_vcn_dec.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 /* *** decode flags *** */
 #define RDECODE_FLAGS_USE_DYNAMIC_DPB_MASK                  0x00000001
 #define RDECODE_FLAGS_USE_PAL_MASK                          0x00000008
+#define RDECODE_FLAGS_LOW_LATENCY_MASK                      0x00000080
 #define RDECODE_FLAGS_DPB_RESIZE_MASK                       0x00000100
 #define RDECODE_FLAGS_UNIFIED_DT_MASK                       0x00000200
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
index 598ff27b8f6..634242f5cfd 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ static struct pb_buffer_lean *rvcn_dec_message_decode(struct radeon_decoder *dec
    struct si_texture *luma;
    struct si_texture *chroma;
    struct pipe_video_buffer *out_surf = target;
-   ASSERTED struct si_screen *sscreen = (struct si_screen *)dec->screen;
+   struct si_screen *sscreen = (struct si_screen *)dec->screen;
    rvcn_dec_message_header_t *header;
    rvcn_dec_message_index_t *index_codec;
    rvcn_dec_message_index_t *index_drm = NULL;
@@ -1567,6 +1567,9 @@ static struct pb_buffer_lean *rvcn_dec_message_decode(struct radeon_decoder *dec
    if (dec->dpb_type == DPB_DYNAMIC_TIER_3)
       decode->decode_flags |= RDECODE_FLAGS_UNIFIED_DT_MASK;
 
+   if (sscreen->multimedia_debug_flags & DBG(LOW_LATENCY_DECODE))
+      decode->decode_flags |= RDECODE_FLAGS_LOW_LATENCY_MASK;
+
    decode->bsd_size = align(dec->bs_size, 128);
 
    if (dec->dpb_type < DPB_DYNAMIC_TIER_2) {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
index 65feb68c8a0..5fee1ace078 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value radeonsi_shader_debug_options[] = {
 static const struct debug_named_value radeonsi_multimedia_debug_options[] = {
    /* Multimedia options: */
    {"noefc", DBG(NO_EFC), "Disable hardware based encoder colour format conversion."},
+   {"lowlatencydec", DBG(LOW_LATENCY_DECODE), "Enable low latency decoding."},
    {"lowlatencyenc", DBG(LOW_LATENCY_ENCODE), "Enable low latency encoding."},
    {"novideotiling", DBG(NO_VIDEO_TILING), "Disable tiling for video."},
    {"nodectier1", DBG(NO_DECODE_TIER1), "Disable tier1 for video decode."},
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.h b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.h
index cbb4a0d275a..901ebcca9b9 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.h
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ enum
 enum
 {
    DBG_NO_EFC,
+   DBG_LOW_LATENCY_DECODE,
    DBG_LOW_LATENCY_ENCODE,
    DBG_NO_VIDEO_TILING,
    DBG_NO_DECODE_TIER1,