diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpmessage.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpmessage.c
index f59c09a7da..d284cb3677 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpmessage.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/rtmp/rtmpmessage.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ gst_rtmp_meta_get_info (void)
 
   if (g_once_init_enter (&rtmp_meta_info)) {
     const GstMetaInfo *meta = gst_meta_register (GST_RTMP_META_API_TYPE,
-        "GstRtmpMeta", sizeof *meta, gst_rtmp_meta_init, NULL,
+        "GstRtmpMeta", sizeof (GstRtmpMeta), gst_rtmp_meta_init, NULL,
         gst_rtmp_meta_transform);
     g_once_init_leave (&rtmp_meta_info, meta);
   }