diff --git a/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts
index df1a04dff8..6152c47218 100644
--- a/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/media.service.spec.ts
@@ -2212,6 +2212,30 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('should set hardware decoding options for rkmpp when hardware decoding is enabled with no OpenCL on non-HDR file', async () => {
+      storageMock.readdir.mockResolvedValue(['renderD128']);
+      storageMock.stat.mockResolvedValue({ isFile: () => false, isCharacterDevice: () => false } as Stats);
+      mediaMock.probe.mockResolvedValue(probeStub.noAudioStreams);
+      systemMock.get.mockResolvedValue({
+        ffmpeg: { accel: TranscodeHWAccel.RKMPP, accelDecode: true, crf: 30, maxBitrate: '0' },
+      });
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.video]);
+      await sut.handleVideoConversion({ id: assetStub.video.id });
+      expect(mediaMock.transcode).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        '/original/path.ext',
+        'upload/encoded-video/user-id/as/se/asset-id.mp4',
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          inputOptions: expect.arrayContaining(['-hwaccel rkmpp', '-hwaccel_output_format drm_prime', '-afbc rga']),
+          outputOptions: expect.arrayContaining([
+            expect.stringContaining(
+              'scale_rkrga=-2:720:format=nv12:afbc=1',
+            ),
+          ]),
+          twoPass: false,
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should use software decoding and tone-mapping if hardware decoding is disabled', async () => {
       storageMock.readdir.mockResolvedValue(['renderD128']);
       storageMock.stat.mockResolvedValue({ isFile: () => true, isCharacterDevice: () => true } as Stats);
diff --git a/server/src/services/media.service.ts b/server/src/services/media.service.ts
index 9058d08ff6..4ef5b74676 100644
--- a/server/src/services/media.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/media.service.ts
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ export class MediaService extends BaseService {
         const maliDeviceStat = await this.storageRepository.stat('/dev/mali0');
         this.maliOpenCL = maliIcdStat.isFile() && maliDeviceStat.isCharacterDevice();
       } catch {
-        this.logger.debug('OpenCL not available for transcoding, so RKMPP acceleration will use CPU decoding');
+        this.logger.debug('OpenCL not available for transcoding, so RKMPP acceleration will use CPU tonemapping');
         this.maliOpenCL = false;
       }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/utils/media.ts b/server/src/utils/media.ts
index f61b472b75..978dabe95f 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/media.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/media.ts
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ export class BaseConfig implements VideoCodecSWConfig {
         break;
       }
       case TranscodeHWAccel.RKMPP: {
-        handler =
-          config.accelDecode && hasMaliOpenCL
-            ? new RkmppHwDecodeConfig(config, devices)
+        handler = config.accelDecode
+            ? new RkmppHwDecodeConfig(config, devices, hasMaliOpenCL)
             : new RkmppSwDecodeConfig(config, devices);
         break;
       }
@@ -968,6 +967,16 @@ export class RkmppSwDecodeConfig extends BaseHWConfig {
 }
 
 export class RkmppHwDecodeConfig extends RkmppSwDecodeConfig {
+  protected hasMaliOpenCL: boolean;
+  constructor(
+    protected config: SystemConfigFFmpegDto,
+    devices: string[] = [],
+    hasMaliOpenCL = false,
+  ) {
+    super(config, devices);
+    this.hasMaliOpenCL = hasMaliOpenCL;
+  }
+
   getBaseInputOptions() {
     if (this.devices.length === 0) {
       throw new Error('No RKMPP device found');
@@ -978,14 +987,18 @@ export class RkmppHwDecodeConfig extends RkmppSwDecodeConfig {
 
   getFilterOptions(videoStream: VideoStreamInfo) {
     if (this.shouldToneMap(videoStream)) {
-      const { primaries, transfer, matrix } = this.getColors();
-      return [
-        `scale_rkrga=${this.getScaling(videoStream)}:format=p010:afbc=1`,
-        'hwmap=derive_device=opencl:mode=read',
-        `tonemap_opencl=format=nv12:r=pc:p=${primaries}:t=${transfer}:m=${matrix}:tonemap=${this.config.tonemap}:desat=0:tonemap_mode=lum:peak=100`,
-        'hwmap=derive_device=rkmpp:mode=write:reverse=1',
-        'format=drm_prime',
-      ];
+      if (this.hasMaliOpenCL) {
+        const { primaries, transfer, matrix } = this.getColors();
+        return [
+          `scale_rkrga=${this.getScaling(videoStream)}:format=p010:afbc=1`,
+          'hwmap=derive_device=opencl:mode=read',
+          `tonemap_opencl=format=nv12:r=pc:p=${primaries}:t=${transfer}:m=${matrix}:tonemap=${this.config.tonemap}:desat=0:tonemap_mode=lum:peak=100`,
+          'hwmap=derive_device=rkmpp:mode=write:reverse=1',
+          'format=drm_prime',
+        ];
+      } else {
+        return super.getFilterOptions(videoStream);
+      }
     } else if (this.shouldScale(videoStream)) {
       return [`scale_rkrga=${this.getScaling(videoStream)}:format=nv12:afbc=1`];
     }