diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/vdpau/mixer.c b/src/gallium/frontends/vdpau/mixer.c
index 480ee61f43b..ccdd34fb0c0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/vdpau/mixer.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/vdpau/mixer.c
@@ -475,12 +475,17 @@ vlVdpVideoMixerUpdateDeinterlaceFilter(vlVdpVideoMixer *vmixer)
 
    /* create a new filter if requested */
    if (vmixer->deint.enabled && vmixer->chroma_format == PIPE_VIDEO_CHROMA_FORMAT_420) {
+      bool interlaced = pipe->screen->get_video_param(pipe->screen,
+                                                      PIPE_VIDEO_PROFILE_UNKNOWN,
+                                                      PIPE_VIDEO_ENTRYPOINT_BITSTREAM,
+                                                      PIPE_VIDEO_CAP_PREFERS_INTERLACED);
       vmixer->deint.filter = MALLOC(sizeof(struct vl_deint_filter));
       vmixer->deint.enabled = vl_deint_filter_init(vmixer->deint.filter, pipe,
             vmixer->video_width, vmixer->video_height,
-            vmixer->skip_chroma_deint, vmixer->deint.spatial, false);
+            vmixer->skip_chroma_deint, vmixer->deint.spatial, !interlaced);
       if (!vmixer->deint.enabled) {
          FREE(vmixer->deint.filter);
+         vmixer->deint.filter = NULL;
       }
    }
 }