diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c
index bdcb275253..c14d7a1164 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ gst_base_video_encoder_finish_frame (GstBaseVideoEncoder * base_video_encoder,
       if (fevt->all_headers) {
         if (base_video_encoder->headers) {
           headers = gst_buffer_ref (base_video_encoder->headers);
-          headers = gst_buffer_make_writable (headers);
+          headers = gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (headers);
         }
       }