diff --git a/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c b/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
index d13f286974..85fb43cebf 100644
--- a/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
+++ b/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ gst_vp8_dec_send_tags (GstVP8Dec * dec)
       GST_TAG_VIDEO_CODEC, "VP8 video", NULL);
 
   gst_pad_push_event (GST_VIDEO_DECODER_SRC_PAD (dec),
-      gst_event_new_tag ("GstDecoder", list));
+      gst_event_new_tag (list));
 }
 
 static void