diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c b/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c
index 78ef84f545..32d0ae79c1 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c
@@ -2114,8 +2114,7 @@ gst_play_sink_reconfigure (GstPlaySink * playsink)
   GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (playsink);
 
   /* figure out which components we need */
-  if (flags & GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT && playsink->video_pad_raw
-      && playsink->text_pad) {
+  if (flags & GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT && playsink->text_pad) {
     /* we have subtitles and we are requested to show it */
     need_text = TRUE;
   }