diff --git a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
index d005c80980..445cfd4df3 100644
--- a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
+++ b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_SCALE["preset-rk-h265"] = PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_SCALE[FFMPEG_HWACCEL
 PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_ENCODE_BIRDSEYE = {
     "preset-rpi-64-h264": "{0} -hide_banner {1} -c:v h264_v4l2m2m {2}",
     "preset-rpi-64-h265": "{0} -hide_banner {1} -c:v hevc_v4l2m2m {2}",
-    FFMPEG_HWACCEL_VAAPI: "{0} -hide_banner -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -hwaccel_device {3} {1} -c:v h264_vaapi -g 50 -bf 0 -profile:v high -level:v 4.1 -sei:v 0 -an -vf format=vaapi|nv12,hwupload {2}",
+    # -vaapi_device is required in addition to -hwaccel_device: this is the only
+    # birdseye preset that uses hwupload, and ffmpeg 8 initializes filters before
+    # the decoder creates a device, so hwupload cannot see an -hwaccel_device one.
+    # See https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/issues/1984
+    FFMPEG_HWACCEL_VAAPI: "{0} -hide_banner -vaapi_device {3} -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -hwaccel_device {3} {1} -c:v h264_vaapi -g 50 -bf 0 -profile:v high -level:v 4.1 -sei:v 0 -an -vf format=vaapi|nv12,hwupload {2}",
     "preset-intel-qsv-h264": "{0} -hide_banner {1} -c:v h264_qsv -g 50 -bf 0 -profile:v high -level:v 4.1 -async_depth:v 1 {2}",
     "preset-intel-qsv-h265": "{0} -hide_banner {1} -c:v h264_qsv -g 50 -bf 0 -profile:v main -level:v 4.1 -async_depth:v 1 {2}",
     FFMPEG_HWACCEL_NVIDIA: "{0} -hide_banner {1} -c:v h264_nvenc -g 50 -profile:v high -level:v auto -preset:v p2 -tune:v ll {2}",