diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvadeinterlace.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvadeinterlace.c
index a936830d91..454551c2f6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvadeinterlace.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvadeinterlace.c
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ struct CData
 };
 
 /* *INDENT-OFF* */
-static const gchar *caps_str = GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES ("memory:VAMemory",
-            "{ NV12, I420, YV12, YUY2, RGBA, BGRA, P010_10LE, ARGB, ABGR }") " ;"
-            GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE ("{ VUYA, GRAY8, NV12, NV21, YUY2, UYVY, YV12, "
-            "I420, P010_10LE, RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR  }");
+static const gchar *caps_str =
+    GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES (GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VA,
+        "{ NV12, I420, YV12, YUY2, RGBA, BGRA, P010_10LE, ARGB, ABGR }") " ;"
+    GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE ("{ VUYA, GRAY8, NV12, NV21, YUY2, UYVY, YV12, "
+        "I420, P010_10LE, RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR  }");
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
 
 static void
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvavpp.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvavpp.c
index c092f652b9..596b9c72af 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvavpp.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvavpp.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ gst_va_vpp_complete_caps_features (GstCaps * caps, GstCaps * tmpl_caps)
         has_dma = TRUE;
         valid = TRUE;
       }
-      if (gst_caps_features_contains (features, "memory:VAMemory")) {
+      if (gst_caps_features_contains (features, GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VA)) {
         has_va = TRUE;
         valid = TRUE;
       }
@@ -774,7 +774,8 @@ gst_va_vpp_complete_caps_features (GstCaps * caps, GstCaps * tmpl_caps)
     structure = gst_caps_get_structure (tmpl_caps, i);
     features = gst_caps_get_features (tmpl_caps, i);
 
-    if (gst_caps_features_contains (features, "memory:VAMemory") && !has_va)
+    if (gst_caps_features_contains (features,
+            GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VA) && !has_va)
       gst_caps_append_structure_full (full_caps, gst_structure_copy (structure),
           gst_caps_features_copy (features));
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/va/main.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/va/main.c
index 2ed42c0ca9..e226939d56 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/va/main.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/va/main.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ build_pipeline (struct _app *app)
   gst_object_unref (src);
 
   sink = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (app->pipeline), "sink");
-  caps = gst_caps_from_string ("video/x-raw(memory:VAMemory)");
+  caps = gst_caps_from_string ("video/x-raw(" GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VA ")");
   g_object_set (sink, "caps", caps, NULL);
   gst_caps_unref (caps);
   gst_app_sink_set_callbacks (GST_APP_SINK (sink), &callbacks, app, NULL);