diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11videosink.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11videosink.cpp
index 9cc9c1a332..274b6b1a7d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11videosink.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11videosink.cpp
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ gst_d3d11_video_sink_propose_allocation (GstBaseSink * sink, GstQuery * query)
   guint size;
   gboolean need_pool;
 
-  if (!self->device || !self->window)
+  if (!self->device)
     return FALSE;
 
   gst_query_parse_allocation (query, &caps, &need_pool);