diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/gstqsvh264enc.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/gstqsvh264enc.cpp
index 8184739ad8..5c94d58991 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/gstqsvh264enc.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/gstqsvh264enc.cpp
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ gst_qsv_h264_enc_set_output_state (GstQsvEncoder * encoder,
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-    data = sps_nalu.data + sps_nalu.offset;
+    data = sps_nalu.data + sps_nalu.offset + sps_nalu.header_bytes;
     profile_idc = data[0];
     profile_comp = data[1];
     level_idc = data[2];