diff --git a/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
index 4d5a2d19c3..5e34f69a4d 100644
--- a/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
+++ b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
@@ -1880,8 +1880,7 @@ gst_ffmpegdec_video_frame (GstFFMpegDec * ffmpegdec,
     ffmpegdec->ctx_interlaced = ffmpegdec->picture->interlaced_frame;
     gst_ffmpegdec_video_negotiate (ffmpegdec, TRUE);
   }
-
-
+#if 0
   /* Whether a frame is interlaced or not is unknown at the time of
      buffer allocation, so caps on the buffer in opaque will have
      the previous frame's interlaced flag set. So if interlacedness
@@ -1893,7 +1892,7 @@ gst_ffmpegdec_video_frame (GstFFMpegDec * ffmpegdec,
       GstStructure *s = gst_caps_get_structure (GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer), 0);
       gboolean interlaced;
       gboolean found = gst_structure_get_boolean (s, "interlaced", &interlaced);
-      if (!found || (!!interlaced != !!ffmpegdec->format.video.interlaced)) {
+      if (!found || (! !interlaced != ! !ffmpegdec->format.video.interlaced)) {
         GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ffmpegdec,
             "Buffer interlacing does not match pad, updating");
         buffer = gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (buffer);
@@ -1902,6 +1901,7 @@ gst_ffmpegdec_video_frame (GstFFMpegDec * ffmpegdec,
       }
     }
   }
+#endif
 
   /* check if we are dealing with a keyframe here, this will also check if we
    * are dealing with B frames. */