diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_encoder_references_manager_h264.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_encoder_references_manager_h264.cpp
index 12498c7d757..f1b2ce93b2a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_encoder_references_manager_h264.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_encoder_references_manager_h264.cpp
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@ d3d12_video_encoder_references_manager_h264::begin_frame(D3D12_VIDEO_ENCODER_PIC
       // assume that the client is attempting to set the H264 slice header long_term_reference_flag and will do so in
       // the output bitstream for such EncodeFrame call.
       m_curFrameState.adaptive_ref_pic_marking_mode_flag = 1;
+
+      // Workaround for D3D12 validation bug requiring pRefPicMarkingOperationsCommands for IDR frames
+      m_curFrameState.RefPicMarkingOperationsCommandsCount = 1u;
+      m_CurrentFrameReferencesData.pMemoryOps.resize(m_curFrameState.RefPicMarkingOperationsCommandsCount);
+      m_curFrameState.pRefPicMarkingOperationsCommands = m_CurrentFrameReferencesData.pMemoryOps.data();
    }
 
    ///