diff --git a/ext/gl/gstgltestsrc.c b/ext/gl/gstgltestsrc.c
index 4fb30647ef..b7b2792a8e 100644
--- a/ext/gl/gstgltestsrc.c
+++ b/ext/gl/gstgltestsrc.c
@@ -645,9 +645,7 @@ gst_gl_test_src_decide_allocation (GstBaseSrc * basesrc, GstQuery * query)
         GST_DEBUG ("got GL context handle 0x%p with type %s and apis %s",
             handle, type, apis);
 
-        if (g_strcmp0 (type, "glx") == 0)
-          platform = GST_GL_PLATFORM_GLX;
-
+        platform = gst_gl_platform_from_string (type);
         gl_apis = gst_gl_api_from_string (apis);
 
         if (gl_apis && platform)
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglfilter.c b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglfilter.c
index 3f900712f0..1775c46814 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglfilter.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglfilter.c
@@ -929,9 +929,7 @@ gst_gl_filter_decide_allocation (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstQuery * query)
         GST_DEBUG ("got GL context handle 0x%p with type %s and apis %s",
             handle, type, apis);
 
-        if (g_strcmp0 (type, "glx") == 0)
-          platform = GST_GL_PLATFORM_GLX;
-
+        platform = gst_gl_platform_from_string (type);
         gl_apis = gst_gl_api_from_string (apis);
 
         if (gl_apis && platform)
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglmixer.c b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglmixer.c
index fbfbda8ebf..238f4e1030 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglmixer.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglmixer.c
@@ -1146,9 +1146,7 @@ gst_gl_mixer_decide_allocation (GstGLMixer * mix, GstQuery * query)
         GST_DEBUG ("got GL context handle 0x%p with type %s and apis %s",
             handle, type, apis);
 
-        if (g_strcmp0 (type, "glx") == 0)
-          platform = GST_GL_PLATFORM_GLX;
-
+        platform = gst_gl_platform_from_string (type);
         gl_apis = gst_gl_api_from_string (apis);
 
         if (gl_apis && platform)