diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
index f887283182b..21f3de20c17 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ static rvcn_dec_message_avc_t get_h264_msg(struct radeon_decoder *dec,
 
    /* if reference picture exists, however no reference picture found at the end
       curr_pic_ref_frame_num == 0, which is not reasonable, should be corrected. */
-   if (result.used_for_reference_flags && (result.curr_pic_ref_frame_num == 0)) {
+   /* one exeption for I frames which is valid situation and should be skipped. */
+   if ((result.curr_field_order_cnt_list[0] == result.curr_field_order_cnt_list[1])
+      && result.used_for_reference_flags && (result.curr_pic_ref_frame_num == 0)) {
       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(result.ref_frame_list); i++) {
          result.ref_frame_list[i] = pic->ref[i] ?
                 (uintptr_t)vl_video_buffer_get_associated_data(pic->ref[i], &dec->base) : 0xff;