diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.c
index f31181e7f9..3227607c17 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.c
@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ gst_vaapi_enc_picture_encode (GstVaapiEncPicture * picture)
       return FALSE;
   }
 
+  /* Submit Picture parameter */
+  if (!do_encode (va_display, va_context, &picture->param_id, &picture->param))
+    return FALSE;
+
   /* Submit Misc Params */
   for (i = 0; i < picture->misc_params->len; i++) {
     GstVaapiEncMiscParam *const misc =
@@ -563,10 +567,6 @@ gst_vaapi_enc_picture_encode (GstVaapiEncPicture * picture)
       return FALSE;
   }
 
-  /* Submit Picture parameter */
-  if (!do_encode (va_display, va_context, &picture->param_id, &picture->param))
-    return FALSE;
-
   /* Submit Slice parameters */
   for (i = 0; i < picture->slices->len; i++) {
     GstVaapiEncSlice *const slice = g_ptr_array_index (picture->slices, i);