diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtptheorapay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtptheorapay.c
index 702483560d..cf5c485522 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtptheorapay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtptheorapay.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ gst_rtp_theora_pay_payload_buffer (GstRtpTheoraPay * rtptheorapay, guint8 TDT,
       for (l = rtptheorapay->headers; l; l = l->next)
         rtptheorapay->packet_buffers =
             g_list_prepend (rtptheorapay->packet_buffers,
-            gst_buffer_ref (buffer));
+            gst_buffer_ref (l->data));
     }
 
     /* only first (only) configuration cuts length field */
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpvorbispay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpvorbispay.c
index 3bc1c6fe2d..bd8ee416d3 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpvorbispay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpvorbispay.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ gst_rtp_vorbis_pay_payload_buffer (GstRtpVorbisPay * rtpvorbispay, guint8 VDT,
       for (l = rtpvorbispay->headers; l; l = l->next)
         rtpvorbispay->packet_buffers =
             g_list_prepend (rtpvorbispay->packet_buffers,
-            gst_buffer_ref (buffer));
+            gst_buffer_ref (l->data));
     }
 
     /* only first (only) configuration cuts length field */