diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstgloverlaycompositor.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstgloverlaycompositor.c
index 73bb31b51e..cc1111e7c5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstgloverlaycompositor.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstgloverlaycompositor.c
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ gst_gl_overlay_compositor_upload_overlays (GstGLOverlayCompositor * compositor,
     GstVideoOverlayComposition *composition = NULL;
     guint num_overlays, i;
     GList *l = compositor->overlays;
+    GstGLSyncMeta *sync_meta;
 
     GST_DEBUG ("GstVideoOverlayCompositionMeta found.");
 
@@ -689,6 +690,11 @@ gst_gl_overlay_compositor_upload_overlays (GstGLOverlayCompositor * compositor,
       }
     }
 
+    sync_meta = gst_buffer_get_gl_sync_meta (buf);
+    if (sync_meta) {
+      gst_gl_sync_meta_set_sync_point (sync_meta, compositor->context);
+    }
+
     /* remove old overlays from list */
     while (l != NULL) {
       GList *next = l->next;