diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index 537cdf15b7..af5d8b20e7 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ _decode_bin_compare_factories_func (gconstpointer p1, gconstpointer p2)
   if (diff != 0)
     return diff;
 
-  diff = strcmp (GST_OBJECT_NAME (f2), GST_OBJECT_NAME (f1));
+  diff = strcmp (GST_OBJECT_NAME (f1), GST_OBJECT_NAME (f2));
 
   return diff;
 }