diff --git a/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c b/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
index 28709f89b6..60c5eb266d 100644
--- a/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,10 @@ gst_base_text_overlay_add_feature_and_intersect (GstCaps * caps,
   caps_size = gst_caps_get_size (new_caps);
   for (i = 0; i < caps_size; i++) {
     GstCapsFeatures *features = gst_caps_get_features (new_caps, i);
-    gst_caps_features_add (features, feature);
+
+    if (!gst_caps_features_is_any (features)) {
+      gst_caps_features_add (features, feature);
+    }
   }
 
   gst_caps_append (new_caps, gst_caps_intersect_full (caps,