diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c
index 1f0e80887d9..5159cdd8a0f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ vlVaHandleVAEncSequenceParameterBufferTypeH264(vlVaDriver *drv, vlVaContext *con
    context->desc.h264enc.seq.time_scale = time_scale;
    context->desc.h264enc.rate_ctrl[0].frame_rate_num = time_scale / 2;
    context->desc.h264enc.rate_ctrl[0].frame_rate_den = num_units_in_tick;
+   context->desc.h264enc.intra_idr_period = h264->intra_idr_period;
 
    if (h264->frame_cropping_flag) {
       context->desc.h264enc.seq.enc_frame_cropping_flag = h264->frame_cropping_flag;
diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h
index 26f0ad554bc..5d51d980126 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ struct pipe_h264_enc_picture_desc
    struct pipe_h264_enc_pic_control pic_ctrl;
    struct pipe_h264_enc_dbk_param dbk;
 
+   unsigned intra_idr_period;
+
    unsigned quant_i_frames;
    unsigned quant_p_frames;
    unsigned quant_b_frames;