diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
index 1eb657d8d7..562cee0e12 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
@@ -1482,12 +1482,11 @@ _direct_dma_buf_upload_transform_caps (gpointer impl, GstGLContext * context,
     ret = _dma_buf_upload_transform_caps_common (tmp_caps, context, direction,
         flags, 1 << dmabuf->target, GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_GL_MEMORY,
         GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_DMABUF);
+    gst_caps_unref (tmp_caps);
 
-
-    tmp = _dma_buf_upload_transform_caps_common (tmp_caps, context, direction,
+    tmp = _dma_buf_upload_transform_caps_common (caps, context, direction,
         flags, 1 << dmabuf->target, GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_GL_MEMORY,
         GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_SYSTEM_MEMORY);
-    gst_caps_unref (tmp_caps);
 
     if (!ret) {
       ret = tmp;