diff --git a/media/omx/1.0/vts/functional/video/VtsHalMediaOmxV1_0TargetVideoDecTest.cpp b/media/omx/1.0/vts/functional/video/VtsHalMediaOmxV1_0TargetVideoDecTest.cpp
index 6b01285..070dc4c 100644
--- a/media/omx/1.0/vts/functional/video/VtsHalMediaOmxV1_0TargetVideoDecTest.cpp
+++ b/media/omx/1.0/vts/functional/video/VtsHalMediaOmxV1_0TargetVideoDecTest.cpp
@@ -853,6 +853,20 @@
     status = setPortBufferSize(omxNode, kPortIndexInput, maxBytesCount);
     ASSERT_EQ(status, ::android::hardware::media::omx::V1_0::Status::OK);
 
+    // Change the port modes arbitrarily at the start before finialising on the
+    // desired values.
+    PortMode dummyPM[] = {
+        PortMode::PRESET_BYTE_BUFFER,    PortMode::PRESET_ANW_BUFFER,
+        PortMode::PRESET_SECURE_BUFFER,  PortMode::DYNAMIC_ANW_BUFFER,
+        PortMode::DYNAMIC_NATIVE_HANDLE,
+    };
+    for (size_t k = 0; k < sizeof(dummyPM) / sizeof(dummyPM[0]); k++) {
+        // ports may or may not support these modes. These are not the final
+        // values. This init is done to test if causes any problems.
+        status = omxNode->setPortMode(kPortIndexInput, dummyPM[k]);
+        status = omxNode->setPortMode(kPortIndexOutput, dummyPM[k]);
+    }
+
     // set port mode
     portMode[0] = PortMode::PRESET_BYTE_BUFFER;
     portMode[1] = PortMode::DYNAMIC_ANW_BUFFER;