diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c
index 5138610ba4..c6d151f314 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ do_unpack (AudioChain * chain, gpointer user_data)
       }
     } else {
       for (i = 0; i < chain->blocks; i++) {
-        gst_audio_format_fill_silence (chain->finfo, tmp[i],
+        gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (chain->finfo, tmp[i],
             num_samples * chain->inc);
       }
     }
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ converter_passthrough (GstAudioConverter * convert,
     }
   } else {
     for (i = 0; i < chain->blocks; i++)
-      gst_audio_format_fill_silence (convert->in.finfo, out[i], samples);
+      gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (convert->in.finfo, out[i], samples);
   }
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ converter_endian (GstAudioConverter * convert,
       convert->swap_endian (out[i], in[i], samples);
   } else {
     for (i = 0; i < chain->blocks; i++)
-      gst_audio_format_fill_silence (convert->in.finfo, out[i], samples);
+      gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (convert->in.finfo, out[i], samples);
   }
   return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.c
index cc5345e5da..90551eaff7 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.c
@@ -459,10 +459,30 @@ gst_audio_format_get_info (GstAudioFormat format)
  * @length: the length to fill
  *
  * Fill @length bytes in @dest with silence samples for @info.
+ *
+ * Deprecated: 1.20: Use gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence() instead.
  */
 void
 gst_audio_format_fill_silence (const GstAudioFormatInfo * info,
     gpointer dest, gsize length)
+{
+  gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (info, dest, length);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence:
+ * @info: a #GstAudioFormatInfo
+ * @dest: (array length=length) (element-type guint8): a destination
+ *   to fill
+ * @length: the length to fill
+ *
+ * Fill @length bytes in @dest with silence samples for @info.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.20
+ */
+void
+gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (const GstAudioFormatInfo * info,
+    gpointer dest, gsize length)
 {
   guint8 *dptr = dest;
 
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.h b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.h
index aaab644e19..15e970fd44 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-format.h
@@ -286,8 +286,11 @@ const GstAudioFormatInfo *
                gst_audio_format_get_info         (GstAudioFormat format) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 GST_AUDIO_API
-void           gst_audio_format_fill_silence     (const GstAudioFormatInfo *info,
-                                                  gpointer dest, gsize length);
+void           gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (const GstAudioFormatInfo *info,
+                                                   gpointer dest, gsize length);
+GST_AUDIO_API G_DEPRECATED_FOR(gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence)
+void           gst_audio_format_fill_silence      (const GstAudioFormatInfo *info,
+                                                   gpointer dest, gsize length);
 
 /**
  * GST_AUDIO_RATE_RANGE:
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioaggregator.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioaggregator.c
index ac8ee8c6c1..dd6e7dd749 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioaggregator.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioaggregator.c
@@ -1870,7 +1870,8 @@ gst_audio_aggregator_create_output_buffer (GstAudioAggregator * aagg,
     gst_object_unref (allocator);
 
   gst_buffer_map (outbuf, &outmap, GST_MAP_WRITE);
-  gst_audio_format_fill_silence (srcpad->info.finfo, outmap.data, outmap.size);
+  gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (srcpad->info.finfo, outmap.data,
+      outmap.size);
   gst_buffer_unmap (outbuf, &outmap);
 
   return outbuf;
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioringbuffer.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioringbuffer.c
index 16d7739434..439a2a043f 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioringbuffer.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioringbuffer.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ gst_audio_ring_buffer_acquire (GstAudioRingBuffer * buf,
   buf->empty_seg = g_malloc (segsize);
 
   if (buf->spec.type == GST_AUDIO_RING_BUFFER_FORMAT_TYPE_RAW) {
-    gst_audio_format_fill_silence (buf->spec.info.finfo, buf->empty_seg,
+    gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (buf->spec.info.finfo, buf->empty_seg,
         segsize);
   } else {
     /* FIXME, non-raw formats get 0 as the empty sample */
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosink.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosink.c
index 5103f2d00f..bda51fe080 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosink.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosink.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ gst_audio_sink_ring_buffer_acquire (GstAudioRingBuffer * buf,
   buf->memory = g_malloc (buf->size);
 
   if (buf->spec.type == GST_AUDIO_RING_BUFFER_FORMAT_TYPE_RAW) {
-    gst_audio_format_fill_silence (buf->spec.info.finfo, buf->memory,
+    gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (buf->spec.info.finfo, buf->memory,
         buf->size);
   } else {
     /* FIXME, non-raw formats get 0 as the empty sample */
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosrc.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosrc.c
index fccdeac29b..a676155cd2 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosrc.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiosrc.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ gst_audio_src_ring_buffer_acquire (GstAudioRingBuffer * buf,
   buf->size = spec->segtotal * spec->segsize;
   buf->memory = g_malloc (buf->size);
   if (buf->spec.type == GST_AUDIO_RING_BUFFER_FORMAT_TYPE_RAW) {
-    gst_audio_format_fill_silence (buf->spec.info.finfo, buf->memory,
+    gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (buf->spec.info.finfo, buf->memory,
         buf->size);
   } else {
     /* FIXME, non-raw formats get 0 as the empty sample */
diff --git a/gst/adder/gstadder.c b/gst/adder/gstadder.c
index 25ff7984fc..466341750e 100644
--- a/gst/adder/gstadder.c
+++ b/gst/adder/gstadder.c
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ gst_adder_collected (GstCollectPads * pads, gpointer user_data)
       /* Means we had all pads muted, create some silence */
       outbuf = gst_buffer_new_allocate (NULL, outsize, NULL);
       gst_buffer_map (outbuf, &map, GST_MAP_WRITE);
-      gst_audio_format_fill_silence (adder->info.finfo, map.data, outsize);
+      gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (adder->info.finfo, map.data, outsize);
       gst_buffer_unmap (outbuf, &map);
       GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (outbuf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP);
     } else {
diff --git a/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c b/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c
index 01231e0ed3..96855cff81 100644
--- a/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c
+++ b/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c
@@ -849,8 +849,8 @@ gst_audio_convert_transform (GstBaseTransform * base, GstBuffer * inbuf,
     /* Create silence buffer */
     gint i;
     for (i = 0; i < dstabuf.n_planes; i++) {
-      gst_audio_format_fill_silence (this->out_info.finfo, dstabuf.planes[i],
-          GST_AUDIO_BUFFER_PLANE_SIZE (&dstabuf));
+      gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (this->out_info.finfo,
+          dstabuf.planes[i], GST_AUDIO_BUFFER_PLANE_SIZE (&dstabuf));
     }
   }
   ret = GST_FLOW_OK;
diff --git a/gst/audiorate/gstaudiorate.c b/gst/audiorate/gstaudiorate.c
index 30a5d6ffd2..3d9dc04584 100644
--- a/gst/audiorate/gstaudiorate.c
+++ b/gst/audiorate/gstaudiorate.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ gst_audio_rate_chain (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstBuffer * buf)
       fill = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (fillsize);
 
       gst_buffer_map (fill, &fillmap, GST_MAP_WRITE);
-      gst_audio_format_fill_silence (audiorate->info.finfo, fillmap.data,
+      gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (audiorate->info.finfo, fillmap.data,
           fillmap.size);
       gst_buffer_unmap (fill, &fillmap);
 
diff --git a/tests/check/libs/audio.c b/tests/check/libs/audio.c
index 400dbc89cf..3221450428 100644
--- a/tests/check/libs/audio.c
+++ b/tests/check/libs/audio.c
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_fill_silence)
   for (f = GST_AUDIO_FORMAT_S8; f < GST_AUDIO_FORMAT_F64; f++) {
     gst_audio_info_set_format (&info, f, 48000, 1, NULL);
 
-    gst_audio_format_fill_silence (info.finfo, test_silence,
+    gst_audio_format_info_fill_silence (info.finfo, test_silence,
         GST_AUDIO_INFO_BPF (&info) * 4);
 
     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)