diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index 6c4cedb..bd2d706 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -372,7 +372,19 @@ VAStatus RequestQueryImageFormats(VADriverContextP context,
 	formats[n].bits_per_pixel = 12;
 	n++;
 
-	if (driver_data->is_10bit && n < V4L2_REQUEST_MAX_IMAGE_FORMATS) {
+	/* iter39 fresnel fix: advertise P010 UNCONDITIONALLY (was gated on
+	 * driver_data->is_10bit). ffmpeg-vaapi's hwcontext_vaapi calls
+	 * vaQueryImageFormats during hwframes context setup, BEFORE
+	 * vaCreateContext fires (so is_10bit isn't set yet). If P010 isn't
+	 * in the format catalog at that early query, hwdownload rejects
+	 * pix_fmt=p010le with "Invalid output format" and decode fails
+	 * before our backend even sees the 10-bit context.
+	 * Reporting P010 unconditionally is safe: consumers ask for it only
+	 * when their decode pipeline actually needs 10-bit, and our P010
+	 * unpack path in copy_surface_to_image gates on
+	 * image->format.fourcc == VA_FOURCC_P010 (independent of is_10bit). */
+	(void)driver_data;
+	if (n < V4L2_REQUEST_MAX_IMAGE_FORMATS) {
 		memset(&formats[n], 0, sizeof(formats[n]));
 		formats[n].fourcc = VA_FOURCC_P010;
 		formats[n].byte_order = VA_LSB_FIRST;