diff --git a/gst/imagefreeze/gstimagefreeze.c b/gst/imagefreeze/gstimagefreeze.c
index 43150475a6..7c56d0e544 100644
--- a/gst/imagefreeze/gstimagefreeze.c
+++ b/gst/imagefreeze/gstimagefreeze.c
@@ -196,17 +196,11 @@ gst_image_freeze_sink_setcaps (GstImageFreeze * self, GstCaps * caps)
   intersection = othercaps = NULL;
 
   /* 3. Intersect with downstream peer caps */
-  othercaps = gst_pad_peer_query_caps (self->srcpad, NULL);
-  if (othercaps) {
-    intersection = gst_caps_intersect (caps, othercaps);
-    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "Intersecting: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
-    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "with: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
-    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "gave: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, intersection);
-    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
-    gst_caps_unref (caps);
-    caps = intersection;
-    intersection = othercaps = NULL;
-  }
+  othercaps = gst_pad_peer_query_caps (self->srcpad, caps);
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "Peer query resulted: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
+  gst_caps_unref (caps);
+  caps = othercaps;
+  othercaps = NULL;
 
   /* 4. For every candidate check if it's accepted downstream
    * and fixate framerate to nearest 25/1 */