diff --git a/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowaudiodec.cpp b/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowaudiodec.cpp
index 011a5724be..1f4bd989a6 100644
--- a/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowaudiodec.cpp
+++ b/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowaudiodec.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ gst_dshowaudiodec_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buffer)
     goto beach;
   }
 
-  if (GST_FLOW_IS_FATAL (adec->last_ret)) {
+  if (adec->last_ret < GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED) {
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (adec, "last decoding iteration generated a fatal error "
         "%s", gst_flow_get_name (adec->last_ret));
     goto beach;
diff --git a/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowvideodec.cpp b/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowvideodec.cpp
index 8a2e614231..6be02fe45d 100644
--- a/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowvideodec.cpp
+++ b/sys/dshowdecwrapper/gstdshowvideodec.cpp
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ gst_dshowvideodec_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buffer)
     goto beach;
   }
 
-  if (GST_FLOW_IS_FATAL (vdec->last_ret)) {
+  if (vdec->last_ret < GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED) {
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (vdec, "last decoding iteration generated a fatal error "
         "%s", gst_flow_get_name (vdec->last_ret));
     goto beach;