diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index af8e5257bd..bcc4db828a 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -2036,6 +2036,7 @@ connect_pad (GstDecodeBin * dbin, GstElement * src, GstDecodePad * dpad,
 
     /* take first factory */
     factory = g_value_get_object (g_value_array_get_nth (factories, 0));
+
     /* Remove selected factory from the list. */
     g_value_array_remove (factories, 0);
 
@@ -2092,6 +2093,9 @@ connect_pad (GstDecodeBin * dbin, GstElement * src, GstDecodePad * dpad,
      * to have other element classes after each other because a
      * parser is the only one that does not change the data. A
      * valid example for this would be multiple id3demux in a row.
+     * Also restrict the autoplugging of multiple parsers for same
+     * media format with in a chain if they are coming one after
+     * another in adjacent positions.
      */
     is_parser_converter = strstr (gst_element_factory_get_metadata (factory,
             GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS), "Parser") != NULL;
@@ -2119,6 +2123,27 @@ connect_pad (GstDecodeBin * dbin, GstElement * src, GstDecodePad * dpad,
           skip = TRUE;
       }
       CHAIN_MUTEX_UNLOCK (chain);
+
+      if (!skip && chain->elements) {
+        GstElementFactory *chainelemfact;
+
+        CHAIN_MUTEX_LOCK (chain);
+        delem = (GstDecodeElement *) chain->elements->data;
+        chainelemfact = gst_element_get_factory (delem->element);
+
+        if (strstr (gst_element_factory_get_metadata (chainelemfact,
+                    GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS), "Parser")) {
+          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (dbin,
+              "Skipping factory '%s' because the last connected element"
+              " '%s' in the chain is exactly similiar",
+              gst_plugin_feature_get_name (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST (factory)),
+              gst_plugin_feature_get_name (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_CAST
+                  (chainelemfact)));
+          CHAIN_MUTEX_UNLOCK (chain);
+          continue;
+        }
+        CHAIN_MUTEX_UNLOCK (chain);
+      }
       if (skip) {
         GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (dbin,
             "Skipping factory '%s' because it was already used in this chain",