diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c
index 94a651f8b48..70769281d26 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/picture_h264_enc.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ vlVaHandleVAEncSequenceParameterBufferTypeH264(vlVaDriver *drv, vlVaContext *con
       context->desc.h264enc.intra_refresh.need_sequence_header = 0;
    }
 
+   context->desc.h264enc.ip_period = h264->ip_period;
    context->desc.h264enc.intra_idr_period =
       h264->intra_idr_period != 0 ? h264->intra_idr_period : PIPE_DEFAULT_INTRA_IDR_PERIOD;
    context->gop_coeff = ((1024 + context->desc.h264enc.intra_idr_period - 1) /
diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h
index 82752bb23e6..67f41c0a3df 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_state.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ struct pipe_h264_enc_picture_desc
    struct pipe_h264_enc_dbk_param dbk;
 
    unsigned intra_idr_period;
+   unsigned ip_period;
 
    unsigned quant_i_frames;
    unsigned quant_p_frames;