diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c
index 0e3b794ce0..cb953c1a5f 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ gst_video_meta_map_vaapi_memory(GstVideoMeta *meta, guint plane,
     GstMapInfo *info, gpointer *data, gint *stride, GstMapFlags flags)
 {
     GstVaapiVideoMemory * const mem =
-        GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_MEMORY_CAST(gst_buffer_get_memory(meta->buffer, 0));
+        GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_MEMORY_CAST(gst_buffer_peek_memory(meta->buffer, 0));
 
     g_return_val_if_fail(mem, FALSE);
     g_return_val_if_fail(GST_VAAPI_IS_VIDEO_ALLOCATOR(mem->parent_instance.
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ gst_video_meta_unmap_vaapi_memory(GstVideoMeta *meta, guint plane,
     GstMapInfo *info)
 {
     GstVaapiVideoMemory * const mem =
-        GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_MEMORY_CAST(gst_buffer_get_memory(meta->buffer, 0));
+        GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_MEMORY_CAST(gst_buffer_peek_memory(meta->buffer, 0));
 
     g_return_val_if_fail(mem, FALSE);
     g_return_val_if_fail(GST_VAAPI_IS_VIDEO_ALLOCATOR(mem->parent_instance.