diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
index c908e7e4fc..12b090a7b8 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
@@ -730,7 +730,8 @@ init_context_info (GstVaapiEncoder * encoder, GstVaapiContextInfo * cip,
   if (cdata->codec == GST_VAAPI_CODEC_JPEG) {
     cip->entrypoint = GST_VAAPI_ENTRYPOINT_PICTURE_ENCODE;
   } else {
-    if (cip->entrypoint != GST_VAAPI_ENTRYPOINT_SLICE_ENCODE_LP)
+    if (cip->entrypoint != GST_VAAPI_ENTRYPOINT_SLICE_ENCODE_LP &&
+        cip->entrypoint != GST_VAAPI_ENTRYPOINT_SLICE_ENCODE_FEI)
       cip->entrypoint = GST_VAAPI_ENTRYPOINT_SLICE_ENCODE;
   }
   cip->chroma_type = get_default_chroma_type (encoder, cip);