diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvvp9dec.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvvp9dec.c
index 0368961005..8f13451c7b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvvp9dec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstnvvp9dec.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ gst_nv_vp9_dec_new_sequence (GstVp9Decoder * decoder,
 
   self->width = frame_hdr->width;
   self->height = frame_hdr->height;
+  self->profile = frame_hdr->profile;
 
   if (self->profile == GST_VP9_PROFILE_0) {
     out_format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_NV12;