diff --git a/codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/gstanalyzersink.c b/codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/gstanalyzersink.c
index 6301104e8d..658822e79c 100644
--- a/codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/gstanalyzersink.c
+++ b/codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/gstanalyzersink.c
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ gst_analyzer_sink_class_init (GstAnalyzerSinkClass * klass)
       "Sink",
       "Sink to dump the parsed information",
       "Sreerenj Balachandran<sreerenj.balachandran@intel.com>");
-  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
-      gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
+  gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (gstelement_class, &sinktemplate);
 
   gstelement_class->change_state =
       GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_analyzer_sink_change_state);