diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.c
index a9cf3a2769..124ddaabde 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.c
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ parser_sequence_callback (GstNvDec * nvdec, CUVIDEOFORMAT * format)
     }
 
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (nvdec, "creating decoder");
-    create_info.ulWidth = width;
-    create_info.ulHeight = height;
+    create_info.ulWidth = format->coded_width;
+    create_info.ulHeight = format->coded_height;
     create_info.ulNumDecodeSurfaces = nvdec->num_decode_surface;
     create_info.CodecType = format->codec;
     create_info.ChromaFormat = format->chroma_format;