diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h264.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h264.c
index 0b3d0c66e7..fe3f628b5b 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h264.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h264.c
@@ -1463,12 +1463,12 @@ decode_current_picture(GstVaapiDecoderH264 *decoder)
     if (!picture)
         return GST_VAAPI_DECODER_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 
+    if (!gst_vaapi_picture_decode(GST_VAAPI_PICTURE_CAST(picture)))
+        goto error;
     if (!exec_ref_pic_marking(decoder, picture))
         goto error;
     if (!dpb_add(decoder, picture))
         goto error;
-    if (!gst_vaapi_picture_decode(GST_VAAPI_PICTURE_CAST(picture)))
-        goto error;
     gst_vaapi_picture_replace(&priv->current_picture, NULL);
     return GST_VAAPI_DECODER_STATUS_SUCCESS;