diff --git a/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.h b/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.h
--- a/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.h
+++ b/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.h
@@ -173,10 +173,11 @@
 
   PtsCorrectionContext mPtsContext;
 
   DurationMap mDurationMap;
   const bool mLowLatency;
+  AVDiscard mFrameDrop = AVDISCARD_DEFAULT;
 
   // True if we're allocating shmem for ffmpeg decode buffer.
   Maybe<Atomic<bool>> mIsUsingShmemBufferForDecode;
 
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 57 && LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 56
diff --git a/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.cpp b/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.cpp
--- a/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.cpp
@@ -829,10 +829,17 @@
   packet.dts = aSample->mTimecode.ToMicroseconds();
   packet.pts = aSample->mTime.ToMicroseconds();
   packet.flags = aSample->mKeyframe ? AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY : 0;
   packet.pos = aSample->mOffset;
 
+  mCodecContext->skip_frame = mFrameDrop;
+#if MOZ_LOGGING
+  if (mFrameDrop == AVDISCARD_NONREF) {
+    FFMPEG_LOG("Frame skip AVDISCARD_NONREF");
+  }
+#endif
+
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 58
   packet.duration = aSample->mDuration.ToMicroseconds();
   int res = mLib->avcodec_send_packet(mCodecContext, &packet);
   if (res < 0) {
     // In theory, avcodec_send_packet could sent -EAGAIN should its internal
@@ -881,10 +888,22 @@
       return MediaResult(
           NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_DECODE_ERR,
           RESULT_DETAIL("avcodec_receive_frame error: %s", errStr));
     }
 
+    if (mFrameDrop == AVDISCARD_NONREF) {
+      FFMPEG_LOG("Requested pts %" PRId64 " decoded frame pts %" PRId64,
+                 packet.pts, GetFramePts(mFrame) + mFrame->pkt_duration);
+      // Switch back to default frame skip policy if we hit correct
+      // decode times. 5 ms treshold is taken from mpv project which
+      // use similar approach after seek (feed_packet() at f_decoder_wrapper.c).
+      if (packet.pts - 5000 <= GetFramePts(mFrame) + mFrame->pkt_duration) {
+        FFMPEG_LOG("Set frame drop to AVDISCARD_DEFAULT.");
+        mFrameDrop = AVDISCARD_DEFAULT;
+      }
+    }
+
     UpdateDecodeTimes(decodeStart);
     decodeStart = TimeStamp::Now();
 
     MediaResult rv;
 #  ifdef MOZ_WAYLAND_USE_VAAPI
@@ -1211,13 +1230,18 @@
 }
 #endif
 
 RefPtr<MediaDataDecoder::FlushPromise>
 FFmpegVideoDecoder<LIBAV_VER>::ProcessFlush() {
+  FFMPEG_LOG("ProcessFlush()");
   MOZ_ASSERT(mTaskQueue->IsOnCurrentThread());
   mPtsContext.Reset();
   mDurationMap.Clear();
+  // Discard non-ref frames on HW accelerated backend to avoid decode artifacts.
+  if (IsHardwareAccelerated()) {
+    mFrameDrop = AVDISCARD_NONREF;
+  }
   return FFmpegDataDecoder::ProcessFlush();
 }
 
 AVCodecID FFmpegVideoDecoder<LIBAV_VER>::GetCodecId(
     const nsACString& aMimeType) {