diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
index 5d742a66c2..92cf092542 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
@@ -1052,33 +1052,21 @@ find_stream_for_node (GstDiscoverer * dc, const GstStructure * topology)
 /* this can fail due to {framed,parsed}={TRUE,FALSE} differences, thus we filter
  * the parent */
 static gboolean
-child_is_same_stream (const GstCaps * _parent, const GstCaps * child)
+child_is_same_stream (const GstCaps * parent, const GstCaps * child)
 {
-  GstCaps *parent;
-  guint i, size;
-  gboolean res;
+  const GstStructure *s1, *s2;
 
-  if (_parent == child)
+  if (parent == child)
     return TRUE;
-  if (!_parent)
+  if (!parent)
     return FALSE;
   if (!child)
     return FALSE;
 
-  parent = gst_caps_copy (_parent);
-  size = gst_caps_get_size (parent);
+  s1 = gst_caps_get_structure (parent, 0);
+  s2 = gst_caps_get_structure (child, 0);
 
-  for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-    gst_structure_remove_field (gst_caps_get_structure (parent, i), "parsed");
-    gst_structure_remove_field (gst_caps_get_structure (parent, i), "framed");
-    gst_structure_remove_field (gst_caps_get_structure (parent, i),
-        "stream-format");
-    gst_structure_remove_field (gst_caps_get_structure (parent, i),
-        "alignment");
-  }
-  res = gst_caps_can_intersect (parent, child);
-  gst_caps_unref (parent);
-  return res;
+  return gst_structure_has_name (s1, gst_structure_get_name (s2));
 }