diff --git a/mpp/codec/dec/h264/h264d_api.c b/mpp/codec/dec/h264/h264d_api.c
index ec1ab347..e82ad6c7 100644
--- a/mpp/codec/dec/h264/h264d_api.c
+++ b/mpp/codec/dec/h264/h264d_api.c
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ MPP_RET h264d_reset(void *decoder)
     p_strm->prefixdata        = 0xffffffff;
     p_strm->nalu_offset       = 0;
     p_strm->nalu_len          = 0;
-    p_strm->head_offset       = 0;
+    if (p_strm->nalu_type != H264_NALU_TYPE_PPS && p_strm->nalu_type != H264_NALU_TYPE_SPS)
+        p_strm->head_offset   = 0;
     p_strm->tmp_offset        = 0;
     p_strm->first_mb_in_slice = 0;
     p_strm->endcode_found     = 0;