diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvaencoder.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvaencoder.c
index 50fa38fd89..db836e27aa 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvaencoder.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvaencoder.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ gst_va_encoder_open (GstVaEncoder * self, VAProfile profile,
   GArray *surface_formats = NULL;
   VAStatus status;
   GstBufferPool *recon_pool = NULL;
-  guint attrib_idx = 2;
+  guint attrib_idx = 1;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_VA_ENCODER (self), FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (codedbuf_size > 0, FALSE);