diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
index 5abcc794f8..7118ea915a 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_othercaps (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor)
 
         /* TODO What would be the correct caps operation to merge the caps in
          * case one sink is internally linked to multiple srcs? */
-        peercaps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (otherpad);
+        peercaps = gst_pad_peer_query_caps (otherpad, NULL);
         if (peercaps)
           caps = gst_caps_merge (caps, peercaps);