diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideodecoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideodecoder.c
index 3fd67a145a..f2b2a68ee5 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideodecoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideodecoder.c
@@ -1250,12 +1250,13 @@ gst_base_video_decoder_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf)
     gint64 ts, index;
 
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (base_video_decoder, "received DISCONT buffer");
-    gst_base_video_decoder_flush (base_video_decoder, FALSE);
 
     /* track present position */
     ts = base_video_decoder->timestamp_offset;
     index = base_video_decoder->field_index;
 
+    gst_base_video_decoder_flush (base_video_decoder, FALSE);
+
     /* buffer may claim DISCONT loudly, if it can't tell us where we are now,
      * we'll stick to where we were ...
      * Particularly useful/needed for upstream BYTE based */