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 a42b831743..a091760d1e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
@@ -3332,7 +3332,7 @@ restart:
           last_method != NULL ? last_method->name : "None",
           upload->priv->method->name, caps, upload->priv->out_caps);
 
-      if (caps == NULL || !gst_caps_is_subset (caps, upload->priv->out_caps)) {
+      if (caps == NULL || !gst_caps_is_subset (upload->priv->out_caps, caps)) {
         gst_buffer_replace (&outbuf, NULL);
         ret = GST_GL_UPLOAD_RECONFIGURE;
       }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/gstglupload.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/gstglupload.c
index c9b02f0eb5..57452817a9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/gstglupload.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/gstglupload.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_upload_data)
   in_caps = gst_caps_from_string ("video/x-raw,format=RGBA,"
       "width=10,height=10");
   out_caps = gst_caps_from_string ("video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),"
-      "format=RGBA,width=10,height=10");
+      "format=RGBA,width=10,height=10,texture-target=2D");
 
   gst_gl_upload_set_caps (upload, in_caps, out_caps);