diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-profile.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-profile.c
index df872dc4f1..4413d887b4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-profile.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/encoding-profile.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ gst_encoding_profile_get_input_caps (GstEncodingProfile * profile)
   GstCaps *out, *tmp;
   GList *ltmp;
   GstStructure *st, *outst;
-  GQuark out_name;
+  const gchar *out_name;
   guint i, len;
   GstCaps *fcaps;
 
@@ -1438,13 +1438,13 @@ gst_encoding_profile_get_input_caps (GstEncodingProfile * profile)
 
   /* Combine the format with the restriction caps */
   outst = gst_caps_get_structure (fcaps, 0);
-  out_name = gst_structure_get_name_id (outst);
+  out_name = gst_structure_get_name (outst);
   tmp = gst_caps_new_empty ();
   len = gst_caps_get_size (profile->restriction);
 
   for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
     st = gst_structure_copy (gst_caps_get_structure (profile->restriction, i));
-    st->name = out_name;
+    gst_structure_set_name (st, out_name);
     gst_caps_append_structure (tmp, st);
   }
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstevent.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstevent.c
index 5032f1ce9d..a6e0a6efc7 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstevent.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstevent.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ gst_event_has_name_id (GstEvent * event, GQuark name)
   if (GST_EVENT_STRUCTURE (event) == NULL)
     return FALSE;
 
-  return (GST_EVENT_STRUCTURE (event)->name == name);
+  return (gst_structure_get_name_id (GST_EVENT_STRUCTURE (event)) == name);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstinfo.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstinfo.c
index c82e03f8bb..bf26403d3f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstinfo.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstinfo.c
@@ -903,7 +903,8 @@ gst_info_structure_to_string (const GstStructure * s)
 {
   if (G_LIKELY (s)) {
     gchar *str = gst_structure_to_string (s);
-    if (G_UNLIKELY (pretty_tags && s->name == GST_QUARK (TAGLIST)))
+    if (G_UNLIKELY (pretty_tags
+            && gst_structure_get_name_id (s) == GST_QUARK (TAGLIST)))
       return prettify_structure_string (str);
     else
       return str;
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gsttracerrecord.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gsttracerrecord.c
index 1caa687135..9ccc56ec23 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gsttracerrecord.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gsttracerrecord.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_tracer_record_build_format (GstTracerRecord * self)
 {
   GstStructure *structure = self->spec;
   GString *s;
-  gchar *name = (gchar *) g_quark_to_string (structure->name);
+  gchar *name = (gchar *) gst_structure_get_name (structure);
   gchar *p;
 
   g_return_if_fail (g_str_has_suffix (name, ".class"));