diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gstav1decoder.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gstav1decoder.c
index 9808af8292..f537d39a6f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gstav1decoder.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gstav1decoder.c
@@ -712,11 +712,11 @@ gst_av1_decoder_handle_frame (GstVideoDecoder * decoder,
     goto out;
   }
 
-  if (priv->current_picture->temporal_id > self->highest_spatial_layer) {
+  if (priv->current_picture->spatial_id > self->highest_spatial_layer) {
     ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
     GST_VIDEO_DECODER_ERROR (self, 1, STREAM, DECODE,
-        ("current picture temporal_id %d should not be higher than "
-            "highest spatial layer %d", priv->current_picture->temporal_id,
+        ("current picture spatial_id %d should not be higher than "
+            "highest spatial layer %d", priv->current_picture->spatial_id,
             self->highest_spatial_layer), (NULL), ret);
     goto out;
   }