diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-vaapi.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-vaapi.c
index 420091d2d..ee0e5571f 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-vaapi.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-vaapi.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ static bool vaapi_init_codec(struct vaapi_encoder *enc, const char *path)
 	enc->vframe->height = enc->context->height;
 	enc->vframe->colorspace = enc->context->colorspace;
 	enc->vframe->color_range = enc->context->color_range;
-	enc->vframe->chroma_location = determine_chroma_location(
-		enc->context->pix_fmt, enc->context->colorspace);
+	enc->vframe->chroma_location = enc->context->chroma_sample_location;
 
 	ret = av_frame_get_buffer(enc->vframe, base_get_alignment());
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -253,30 +252,37 @@ static bool vaapi_update(void *data, obs_data_t *settings)
 	enc->context->height = obs_encoder_get_height(enc->encoder);
 
 	enc->context->time_base = (AVRational){voi->fps_den, voi->fps_num};
-	enc->context->pix_fmt = obs_to_ffmpeg_video_format(info.format);
+	const enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt =
+		obs_to_ffmpeg_video_format(info.format);
+	enc->context->pix_fmt = pix_fmt;
 	enc->context->color_range = info.range == VIDEO_RANGE_FULL
 					    ? AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG
 					    : AVCOL_RANGE_MPEG;
 
+	enum AVColorSpace colorspace = AVCOL_SPC_UNSPECIFIED;
 	switch (info.colorspace) {
 	case VIDEO_CS_601:
 		enc->context->color_trc = AVCOL_TRC_SMPTE170M;
 		enc->context->color_primaries = AVCOL_PRI_SMPTE170M;
-		enc->context->colorspace = AVCOL_SPC_SMPTE170M;
+		colorspace = AVCOL_SPC_SMPTE170M;
 		break;
 	case VIDEO_CS_DEFAULT:
 	case VIDEO_CS_709:
 		enc->context->color_trc = AVCOL_TRC_BT709;
 		enc->context->color_primaries = AVCOL_PRI_BT709;
-		enc->context->colorspace = AVCOL_SPC_BT709;
+		colorspace = AVCOL_SPC_BT709;
 		break;
 	case VIDEO_CS_SRGB:
 		enc->context->color_trc = AVCOL_TRC_IEC61966_2_1;
 		enc->context->color_primaries = AVCOL_PRI_BT709;
-		enc->context->colorspace = AVCOL_SPC_BT709;
+		colorspace = AVCOL_SPC_BT709;
 		break;
 	}
 
+	enc->context->colorspace = colorspace;
+	enc->context->chroma_sample_location =
+		determine_chroma_location(pix_fmt, colorspace);
+
 	if (keyint_sec > 0) {
 		enc->context->gop_size =
 			keyint_sec * voi->fps_num / voi->fps_den;