diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c
index 5bed4e493f..ef9ce9dd5a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c
@@ -861,14 +861,14 @@ static int vaapi_encode_h264_init_sequence_params(AVCodecContext *avctx)
             // Try to scale these to a sensible range so that the
             // golomb encode of the value is not overlong.
             mseq->bit_rate_scale =
-                av_clip_uintp2(av_log2(avctx->bit_rate) - 15, 4);
+                av_clip_uintp2(av_log2(avctx->bit_rate) - 15 - 6, 4);
             mseq->bit_rate_value_minus1[0] =
-                (avctx->bit_rate >> mseq->bit_rate_scale) - 1;
+                (avctx->bit_rate >> mseq->bit_rate_scale + 6) - 1;
 
             mseq->cpb_size_scale =
-                av_clip_uintp2(av_log2(priv->hrd_params.hrd.buffer_size) - 15, 4);
+                av_clip_uintp2(av_log2(priv->hrd_params.hrd.buffer_size) - 15 - 4, 4);
             mseq->cpb_size_value_minus1[0] =
-                (priv->hrd_params.hrd.buffer_size >> mseq->cpb_size_scale) - 1;
+                (priv->hrd_params.hrd.buffer_size >> mseq->cpb_size_scale + 4) - 1;
 
             // CBR mode isn't actually available here, despite naming.
             mseq->cbr_flag[0] = 0;