diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
index 705cf3dbda..82d5120287 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ pad_added_cb (GstElement * decodebin, GstPad * pad, GstSourceGroup * group)
 
   playbin = group->playbin;
 
-  caps = gst_pad_get_caps (pad);
+  caps = gst_pad_get_caps_refed (pad);
   s = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
   name = gst_structure_get_name (s);
 
diff --git a/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c b/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
index 3fa960dcbe..2da61aa104 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ has_all_raw_caps (GstPad * pad, gboolean * all_raw)
   guint i, num_raw = 0;
   gboolean res = FALSE;
 
-  caps = gst_pad_get_caps (pad);
+  caps = gst_pad_get_caps_refed (pad);
   if (caps == NULL)
     return FALSE;