diff --git a/gst/compositor/compositor.c b/gst/compositor/compositor.c
index 66927ba3a9..64d05ac180 100644
--- a/gst/compositor/compositor.c
+++ b/gst/compositor/compositor.c
@@ -351,21 +351,21 @@ is_rectangle_contained (GstVideoRectangle rect1, GstVideoRectangle rect2)
 }
 
 static GstVideoRectangle
-clamp_rectangle (guint x, guint y, guint w, guint h, guint outer_width,
+clamp_rectangle (gint x, gint y, gint w, gint h, guint outer_width,
     guint outer_height)
 {
-  guint x2 = x + w;
-  guint y2 = y + h;
+  gint x2 = x + w;
+  gint y2 = y + h;
   GstVideoRectangle clamped;
 
   /* Clamp the x/y coordinates of this frame to the output boundaries to cover
    * the case where (say, with negative xpos/ypos or w/h greater than the output
    * size) the non-obscured portion of the frame could be outside the bounds of
    * the video itself and hence not visible at all */
-  clamped.x = MIN (x, outer_width);
-  clamped.y = MIN (y, outer_height);
-  clamped.w = MIN (x2, outer_width) - clamped.x;
-  clamped.h = MIN (y2, outer_height) - clamped.y;
+  clamped.x = CLAMP (x, 0, outer_width);
+  clamped.y = CLAMP (y, 0, outer_height);
+  clamped.w = CLAMP (x2, 0, outer_width) - clamped.x;
+  clamped.h = CLAMP (y2, 0, outer_height) - clamped.y;
 
   return clamped;
 }