diff --git a/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c b/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
index 4b4b0aa098..adab7e5254 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ pad_supports_caps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps)
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
 
   pad_caps = gst_pad_query_caps (pad, NULL);
-  if (gst_caps_can_intersect (caps, pad_caps))
+  if (gst_caps_is_subset (caps, pad_caps))
     ret = TRUE;
   gst_caps_unref (pad_caps);