diff --git a/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c b/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
index b6b2e20f63..b4ebba46c7 100644
--- a/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
+++ b/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
@@ -580,8 +580,12 @@ retry:
      * with udpsink generated a "port unreachable" ICMP response. We ignore
      * that and try again.
      * On Windows we get G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED instead */
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,44,0)
     if (g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE) ||
         g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED)) {
+#else
+    if (g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE)) {
+#endif
       g_clear_error (&err);
       goto retry;
     }