diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_common.c b/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_common.c
index 4de9be4f44e5..ae0e3918cdf2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_common.c
@@ -1174,6 +1174,8 @@ static void handle_event_change(enum hal_command_response cmd, void *data)
 			inst->prop.width[OUTPUT_PORT] = event_notify->width;
 	}
 
+	inst->seqchanged_count++;
+
 	if (inst->session_type == MSM_VIDC_DECODER)
 		msm_dcvs_init_load(inst);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_dcvs.c b/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_dcvs.c
index 5e29fb94894e..fd93f7831777 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_dcvs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_dcvs.c
@@ -619,7 +619,8 @@ static bool msm_dcvs_check_supported(struct msm_vidc_inst *inst)
 		if (!is_codec_supported ||
 			!IS_VALID_DCVS_SESSION(num_mbs_per_frame,
 				res->dcvs_limit[inst->session_type].min_mbpf) ||
-			!IS_VALID_DCVS_SESSION(instance_load, dcvs_limit))
+			!IS_VALID_DCVS_SESSION(instance_load, dcvs_limit) ||
+			inst->seqchanged_count > 1)
 			return false;
 
 		if (!output_buf_req) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_internal.h b/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_internal.h
index 97d5abf17922..cf51ebc6f978 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/msm/vidc/msm_vidc_internal.h
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ struct msm_vidc_inst {
 	bool in_reconfig;
 	u32 reconfig_width;
 	u32 reconfig_height;
+	u32 seqchanged_count;
 	struct dentry *debugfs_root;
 	void *priv;
 	struct msm_vidc_debug debug;