diff --git a/gst/gdp/gstgdpdepay.c b/gst/gdp/gstgdpdepay.c
index 9ffddfe2b4..3f973b8bd8 100644
--- a/gst/gdp/gstgdpdepay.c
+++ b/gst/gdp/gstgdpdepay.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
     GST_STATIC_CAPS_ANY);
 
-GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_gdp_depay_debug);
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_gdp_depay_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_gdp_depay_debug
 
 #define _do_init(x) \
diff --git a/gst/gdp/gstgdppay.c b/gst/gdp/gstgdppay.c
index e44a6fe8e1..e80476e51f 100644
--- a/gst/gdp/gstgdppay.c
+++ b/gst/gdp/gstgdppay.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("application/x-gdp"));
 
-GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_gdp_pay_debug);
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_gdp_pay_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_gdp_pay_debug
 
 #define DEFAULT_CRC_HEADER TRUE