diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index 622060a62d..4844ada4a8 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -2291,6 +2291,8 @@ gst_decode_group_new (GstDecodeBin * dbin, GstDecodeChain * parent)
   if (G_UNLIKELY (!group->multiqueue))
     goto missing_multiqueue;
 
+  g_object_set (mq, "use-buffering", dbin->use_buffering, NULL);
+
   /* configure queue sizes for preroll */
   decodebin_set_queue_size (dbin, mq, TRUE);