diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/gstrtmp2locationhandler.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/gstrtmp2locationhandler.c
index a932a9fe8e..861d5065d7 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/gstrtmp2locationhandler.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/gstrtmp2locationhandler.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ uri_handler_set_uri (GstURIHandler * handler, const gchar * string,
   gst_uri_normalize (uri);
 
   scheme = gst_rtmp_scheme_from_uri (uri);
-  if (scheme < 0) {
+  if (scheme == GST_RTMP_SCHEME_ERROR) {
     g_set_error (error, GST_URI_ERROR, GST_URI_ERROR_BAD_REFERENCE,
         "URI has bad scheme: %s", string);
     goto out;
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.c
index 38a7b694d7..3f8c624902 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ gst_rtmp_scheme_from_string (const gchar * string)
     }
   }
 
-  return -1;
+  return GST_RTMP_SCHEME_ERROR;
 }
 
 GstRtmpScheme
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ gst_rtmp_scheme_from_uri (const GstUri * uri)
 const gchar *
 gst_rtmp_scheme_to_string (GstRtmpScheme scheme)
 {
-  if (scheme >= 0 && scheme < NUM_SCHEMES) {
+  if (scheme != GST_RTMP_SCHEME_ERROR && scheme < NUM_SCHEMES) {
     return scheme_strings[scheme];
   }
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.h
index 523e0697c3..4256359b98 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpclient.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 typedef enum
 {
+  GST_RTMP_SCHEME_ERROR = -1,
   GST_RTMP_SCHEME_RTMP = 0,
   GST_RTMP_SCHEME_RTMPS,
 } GstRtmpScheme;