diff --git a/libavcodec/vdpau.c b/libavcodec/vdpau.c
index 9c7804a287..42ebddbeee 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vdpau.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vdpau.c
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ int ff_vdpau_common_init(AVCodecContext *avctx, VdpDecoderProfile profile,
     VdpVideoSurfaceQueryCapabilities *surface_query_caps;
     VdpDecoderQueryCapabilities *decoder_query_caps;
     VdpDecoderCreate *create;
+    VdpGetInformationString *info;
+    const char *info_string;
     void *func;
     VdpStatus status;
     VdpBool supported;
@@ -208,6 +210,23 @@ int ff_vdpau_common_init(AVCodecContext *avctx, VdpDecoderProfile profile,
     if (level < 0)
         return AVERROR(ENOTSUP);
 
+    status = vdctx->get_proc_address(vdctx->device,
+                                     VDP_FUNC_ID_GET_INFORMATION_STRING,
+                                     &func);
+    if (status != VDP_STATUS_OK)
+        return vdpau_error(status);
+    else
+        info = func;
+
+    status = info(&info_string);
+    if (status != VDP_STATUS_OK)
+        return vdpau_error(status);
+    if (avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_HEVC && strncmp(info_string, "NVIDIA ", 7) == 0 &&
+        !(avctx->hwaccel_flags & AV_HWACCEL_FLAG_ALLOW_PROFILE_MISMATCH)) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "HEVC with NVIDIA VDPAU drivers is buggy, skipping.\n");
+        return AVERROR(ENOTSUP);
+    }
+
     status = vdctx->get_proc_address(vdctx->device,
                                      VDP_FUNC_ID_VIDEO_SURFACE_QUERY_CAPABILITIES,
                                      &func);