diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
index 34367b169011d4..d32b6b1ab70bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
@@ -122,10 +122,12 @@ void hantro_start_prepare_run(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 	v4l2_ctrl_request_setup(src_buf->vb2_buf.req_obj.req,
 				&ctx->ctrl_handler);
 
-	if (hantro_needs_postproc(ctx, ctx->vpu_dst_fmt))
-		hantro_postproc_enable(ctx);
-	else
-		hantro_postproc_disable(ctx);
+	if (!ctx->is_encoder) {
+		if (hantro_needs_postproc(ctx, ctx->vpu_dst_fmt))
+			hantro_postproc_enable(ctx);
+		else
+			hantro_postproc_disable(ctx);
+	}
 }
 
 void hantro_end_prepare_run(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)