diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c
index 7377fc26f780..f6fc939aa726 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_h264.c
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 #define POC_BUFFER_SIZE			34
 #define SCALING_LIST_SIZE		(6 * 16 + 2 * 64)
 
+/* For valid and long term reference marking, index are reversed, so bit 31
+ * indicates the status of the picture 0.
+ */
+#define REF_BIT(i)			BIT(32 - 1 - (i))
+
 /* Data structure describing auxiliary buffer format. */
 struct hantro_h264_dec_priv_tbl {
 	u32 cabac_table[CABAC_INIT_BUFFER_SIZE];
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ static void prepare_table(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	const struct hantro_h264_dec_ctrls *ctrls = &ctx->h264_dec.ctrls;
 	const struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params *dec_param = ctrls->decode;
+	const struct v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps *sps = ctrls->sps;
 	struct hantro_h264_dec_priv_tbl *tbl = ctx->h264_dec.priv.cpu;
 	const struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry *dpb = ctx->h264_dec.dpb;
 	u32 dpb_longterm = 0;
@@ -237,20 +243,45 @@ static void prepare_table(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 		tbl->poc[i * 2] = dpb[i].top_field_order_cnt;
 		tbl->poc[i * 2 + 1] = dpb[i].bottom_field_order_cnt;
 
+		if (!(dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_VALID))
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * Set up bit maps of valid and long term DPBs.
-		 * NOTE: The bits are reversed, i.e. MSb is DPB 0.
+		 * NOTE: The bits are reversed, i.e. MSb is DPB 0. For frame
+		 * decoding, bit 31 to 15 are used, while for field decoding,
+		 * all bits are used, with bit 31 being a top field, 30 a bottom
+		 * field and so on.
 		 */
-		if (dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE)
-			dpb_valid |= BIT(HANTRO_H264_DPB_SIZE - 1 - i);
-		if (dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM)
-			dpb_longterm |= BIT(HANTRO_H264_DPB_SIZE - 1 - i);
+		if (dec_param->flags & V4L2_H264_DECODE_PARAM_FLAG_FIELD_PIC) {
+			if (dpb[i].fields & V4L2_H264_TOP_FIELD_REF)
+				dpb_valid |= REF_BIT(i * 2);
+
+			if (dpb[i].fields & V4L2_H264_BOTTOM_FIELD_REF)
+				dpb_valid |= REF_BIT(i * 2 + 1);
+
+			if (dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM) {
+				dpb_longterm |= REF_BIT(i * 2);
+				dpb_longterm |= REF_BIT(i * 2 + 1);
+			}
+		} else {
+			dpb_valid |= REF_BIT(i);
+
+			if (dpb[i].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_LONG_TERM)
+				dpb_longterm |= REF_BIT(i);
+		}
+	}
+	ctx->h264_dec.dpb_valid = dpb_valid;
+	ctx->h264_dec.dpb_longterm = dpb_longterm;
+
+	if ((dec_param->flags & V4L2_H264_DECODE_PARAM_FLAG_FIELD_PIC) ||
+	    !(sps->flags & V4L2_H264_SPS_FLAG_MB_ADAPTIVE_FRAME_FIELD)) {
+		tbl->poc[32] = ctx->h264_dec.cur_poc;
+		tbl->poc[33] = 0;
+	} else {
+		tbl->poc[32] = dec_param->top_field_order_cnt;
+		tbl->poc[33] = dec_param->bottom_field_order_cnt;
 	}
-	ctx->h264_dec.dpb_valid = dpb_valid << 16;
-	ctx->h264_dec.dpb_longterm = dpb_longterm << 16;
-
-	tbl->poc[32] = dec_param->top_field_order_cnt;
-	tbl->poc[33] = dec_param->bottom_field_order_cnt;
 
 	assemble_scaling_list(ctx);
 }
@@ -326,6 +357,8 @@ dma_addr_t hantro_h264_get_ref_buf(struct hantro_ctx *ctx,
 {
 	struct v4l2_h264_dpb_entry *dpb = ctx->h264_dec.dpb;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr = 0;
+	s32 cur_poc = ctx->h264_dec.cur_poc;
+	u32 flags;
 
 	if (dpb[dpb_idx].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_ACTIVE)
 		dma_addr = hantro_get_ref(ctx, dpb[dpb_idx].reference_ts);
@@ -343,7 +376,12 @@ dma_addr_t hantro_h264_get_ref_buf(struct hantro_ctx *ctx,
 		dma_addr = hantro_get_dec_buf_addr(ctx, buf);
 	}
 
-	return dma_addr;
+	flags = dpb[dpb_idx].flags & V4L2_H264_DPB_ENTRY_FLAG_FIELD ? 0x2 : 0;
+	flags |= abs(dpb[dpb_idx].top_field_order_cnt - cur_poc) <
+		 abs(dpb[dpb_idx].bottom_field_order_cnt - cur_poc) ?
+		 0x1 : 0;
+
+	return dma_addr | flags;
 }
 
 u16 hantro_h264_get_ref_nbr(struct hantro_ctx *ctx, unsigned int dpb_idx)
@@ -355,6 +393,34 @@ u16 hantro_h264_get_ref_nbr(struct hantro_ctx *ctx, unsigned int dpb_idx)
 	return dpb->frame_num;
 }
 
+static void deduplicate_reflist(struct v4l2_h264_reflist_builder *b,
+				struct v4l2_h264_reference *reflist)
+{
+	int write_idx = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (b->cur_pic_fields == V4L2_H264_FRAME_REF) {
+		write_idx = b->num_valid;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < b->num_valid; i++) {
+		if (!(b->cur_pic_fields == reflist[i].fields)) {
+			reflist[write_idx++] = reflist[i];
+			continue;
+		}
+	}
+
+done:
+	/* Should not happen unless we have a bug in the reflist builder. */
+	if (WARN_ON(write_idx > 16))
+		write_idx = 16;
+
+	/* Clear the remaining, some streams fails otherwise */
+	for (; write_idx < 16; write_idx++)
+		reflist[write_idx].index = 15;
+}
+
 int hantro_h264_dec_prepare_run(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct hantro_h264_dec_hw_ctx *h264_ctx = &ctx->h264_dec;
@@ -386,15 +452,28 @@ int hantro_h264_dec_prepare_run(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 	/* Update the DPB with new refs. */
 	update_dpb(ctx);
 
-	/* Prepare data in memory. */
-	prepare_table(ctx);
-
 	/* Build the P/B{0,1} ref lists. */
 	v4l2_h264_init_reflist_builder(&reflist_builder, ctrls->decode,
 				       ctrls->sps, ctx->h264_dec.dpb);
+	h264_ctx->cur_poc = reflist_builder.cur_pic_order_count;
+
+	/* Prepare data in memory. */
+	prepare_table(ctx);
+
 	v4l2_h264_build_p_ref_list(&reflist_builder, h264_ctx->reflists.p);
 	v4l2_h264_build_b_ref_lists(&reflist_builder, h264_ctx->reflists.b0,
 				    h264_ctx->reflists.b1);
+
+	/* Reduce ref lists to at most 16 entries, Hantro hardware will deduce
+	 * the actual picture lists in field through the dpb_valid,
+	 * dpb_longterm bitmap along with the current frame parity.
+	 */
+	if (reflist_builder.cur_pic_fields != V4L2_H264_FRAME_REF) {
+		deduplicate_reflist(&reflist_builder, h264_ctx->reflists.p);
+		deduplicate_reflist(&reflist_builder, h264_ctx->reflists.b0);
+		deduplicate_reflist(&reflist_builder, h264_ctx->reflists.b1);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
index 292aaaabaf24..fd869369fb97 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct hantro_h264_dec_hw_ctx {
 	struct hantro_h264_dec_ctrls ctrls;
 	u32 dpb_longterm;
 	u32 dpb_valid;
+	s32 cur_poc;
 };
 
 /**
