diff --git a/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c b/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c
index f3a4b849aa..1e757bd59c 100644
--- a/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c
+++ b/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c
@@ -1743,7 +1743,6 @@ gst_mpdparser_parse_content_protection_node (GList ** list, xmlNode * a_node)
       for (cur_node = a_node->children; cur_node; cur_node = cur_node->next) {
         if (cur_node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
           if (xmlStrcmp (cur_node->name, (xmlChar *) "pro") == 0) {
-            gsize decoded_len;
             GstDescriptorType *new_descriptor;
             new_descriptor = g_slice_new0 (GstDescriptorType);
             *list = g_list_append (*list, new_descriptor);
@@ -1753,8 +1752,6 @@ gst_mpdparser_parse_content_protection_node (GList ** list, xmlNode * a_node)
 
             gst_mpdparser_get_xml_node_content (cur_node,
                 &new_descriptor->value);
-            g_base64_decode_inplace (new_descriptor->value, &decoded_len);
-            *(new_descriptor->value + decoded_len) = '\0';
             goto beach;
           }
         }
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/dash_demux.c b/tests/check/elements/dash_demux.c
index ae89ced095..7cb1b93f30 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/dash_demux.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/dash_demux.c
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ testContentProtectionDashdemuxSendsEvent (GstAdaptiveDemuxTestEngine * engine,
     fail_if (str == NULL);
   } else if (g_strcmp0 (system_id, "9a04f079-9840-4286-ab92-e65be0885f95") == 0) {
     fail_unless (g_strcmp0 (origin, "dash/mpd") == 0);
-    fail_unless (g_strcmp0 (value, "test") == 0);
+    fail_unless (g_strcmp0 (value, "dGVzdA==") == 0);
   } else {
     fail ("unexpected content protection event '%s'", system_id);
   }