diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture.c b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture.c
index cfc6307eb87..c3b7c6731a5 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture.c
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ vlVaBeginPicture(VADriverContextP ctx, VAContextID context_id, VASurfaceID rende
    if (context->decoder->entrypoint != PIPE_VIDEO_ENTRYPOINT_ENCODE)
       context->needs_begin_frame = true;
 
+   context->slice_data_offset = 0;
+
    mtx_unlock(&drv->mutex);
    return VA_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ handleIQMatrixBuffer(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf)
 }
 
 static void
-handleSliceParameterBuffer(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf, unsigned slice_offset)
+handleSliceParameterBuffer(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf)
 {
    switch (u_reduce_video_profile(context->templat.profile)) {
    case PIPE_VIDEO_FORMAT_MPEG12:
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ handleSliceParameterBuffer(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf, unsigned slice
       break;
 
    case PIPE_VIDEO_FORMAT_AV1:
-      vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferAV1(context, buf, slice_offset);
+      vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferAV1(context, buf);
       break;
 
    default:
@@ -972,7 +974,6 @@ vlVaRenderPicture(VADriverContextP ctx, VAContextID context_id, VABufferID *buff
 
    unsigned i;
    unsigned slice_idx = 0;
-   unsigned slice_offset = 0;
    vlVaBuffer *seq_param_buf = NULL;
 
    if (!ctx)
@@ -1022,14 +1023,14 @@ vlVaRenderPicture(VADriverContextP ctx, VAContextID context_id, VABufferID *buff
          break;
 
       case VASliceParameterBufferType:
-         handleSliceParameterBuffer(context, buf, slice_offset);
+         handleSliceParameterBuffer(context, buf);
          slice_idx += buf->num_elements;
          break;
 
       case VASliceDataBufferType:
          vaStatus = handleVASliceDataBufferType(context, buf);
          if (slice_idx)
-            slice_offset += buf->size;
+            context->slice_data_offset += buf->size;
          break;
 
       case VAProcPipelineParameterBufferType:
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_av1.c b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_av1.c
index d30d539eaac..96ae9dd2b01 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_av1.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_av1.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void vlVaHandlePictureParameterBufferAV1(vlVaDriver *drv, vlVaContext *context,
   context->desc.av1.slice_parameter.slice_count = 0;
 }
 
-void vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferAV1(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf, unsigned slice_offset)
+void vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferAV1(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf)
 {
    VASliceParameterBufferAV1 *av1 = buf->data;
 
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ void vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferAV1(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf, un
       assert(slice_index < max_pipe_av1_slices);
 
       context->desc.av1.slice_parameter.slice_data_size[slice_index] = av1->slice_data_size;
-      context->desc.av1.slice_parameter.slice_data_offset[slice_index] = slice_offset + av1->slice_data_offset;
+      context->desc.av1.slice_parameter.slice_data_offset[slice_index] =
+         context->slice_data_offset + av1->slice_data_offset;
       context->desc.av1.slice_parameter.slice_data_row[slice_index] = av1->tile_row;
       context->desc.av1.slice_parameter.slice_data_col[slice_index] = av1->tile_column;
       context->desc.av1.slice_parameter.slice_data_anchor_frame_idx[slice_index] = av1->anchor_frame_idx;
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/va_private.h b/src/gallium/frontends/va/va_private.h
index 9503ae0270f..44ca21cc085 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/va_private.h
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/va_private.h
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ typedef struct {
    int packed_header_type;
    bool packed_header_emulation_bytes;
    struct set *surfaces;
+   unsigned slice_data_offset;
 
    struct {
       void **buffers;
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ void vlVaHandlePictureParameterBufferVP9(vlVaDriver *drv, vlVaContext *context,
 void vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferVP9(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf);
 void vlVaDecoderVP9BitstreamHeader(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf);
 void vlVaHandlePictureParameterBufferAV1(vlVaDriver *drv, vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf);
-void vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferAV1(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf, unsigned slice_offset);
+void vlVaHandleSliceParameterBufferAV1(vlVaContext *context, vlVaBuffer *buf);
 void getEncParamPresetH264(vlVaContext *context);
 void getEncParamPresetH265(vlVaContext *context);
 void getEncParamPresetAV1(vlVaContext *context);