diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c
index fd8250a..c9fb789 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c
@@ -2654,6 +2654,7 @@ gst_vaapi_decoder_h265_decode_codec_data (GstVaapiDecoder *
       pi = gst_vaapi_parser_info_h265_new ();
       if (!pi)
         return GST_VAAPI_DECODER_STATUS_ERROR_ALLOCATION_FAILED;
+      pi->data.sei = NULL;
       unit.parsed_info = pi;
       result = gst_h265_parser_identify_nalu_hevc (priv->parser,
           buf, ofs + 3, buf_size, 2, &pi->nalu);
