diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
index 6bff416eb825..2848ea5f464d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
@@ -1803,7 +1803,8 @@ static int coda_s_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
 		break;
 	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_PROFILE:
 		/* TODO: switch between baseline and constrained baseline */
-		ctx->params.h264_profile_idc = 66;
+		if (ctx->inst_type == CODA_INST_ENCODER)
+			ctx->params.h264_profile_idc = 66;
 		break;
 	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_LEVEL:
 		/* nothing to do, this is set by the encoder */