diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
index 20a21014642..c8a7c42b502 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_vcn_dec.c
@@ -2882,9 +2882,6 @@ static void radeon_dec_decode_bitstream(struct pipe_video_codec *decoder,
    if (!dec->bs_ptr)
       return;
 
-   if (dec->bs_size && dec->stream_type == RDECODE_CODEC_AV1)
-      return;
-
    unsigned long total_bs_size = dec->bs_size;
    for (i = 0; i < num_buffers; ++i)
       total_bs_size += sizes[i];