diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2bufferpool.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2bufferpool.c
index 934b3dbe53..342f1a50f5 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2bufferpool.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2bufferpool.c
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_set_config (GstBufferPool * bpool, GstStructure * config)
         | GST_V4L2_ALLOCATOR_FLAG_DMABUF_CREATE_BUFS);
   }
 
-  if (min_buffers < GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS) {
+  if (min_buffers < GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj)) {
     updated = TRUE;
-    min_buffers = GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS;
+    min_buffers = GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj);
     GST_INFO_OBJECT (pool, "increasing minimum buffers to %u", min_buffers);
   }
 
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_start (GstBufferPool * bpool)
           &max_buffers))
     goto wrong_config;
 
-  min_latency = MAX (GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS, obj->min_buffers);
+  min_latency = MAX (GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj), obj->min_buffers);
 
   switch (obj->mode) {
     case GST_V4L2_IO_RW:
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_start (GstBufferPool * bpool)
           V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP);
       pool->num_allocated = count;
 
-      if (count < GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS) {
+      if (count < GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj)) {
         min_buffers = count;
         goto no_buffers;
       }
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ no_buffers:
   {
     GST_ERROR_OBJECT (pool,
         "we received %d buffer from device '%s', we want at least %d",
-        min_buffers, obj->videodev, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS);
+        min_buffers, obj->videodev, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj));
     gst_structure_free (config);
     return FALSE;
   }
diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
index 63eebe7042..8b4169e4e0 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
@@ -4701,12 +4701,12 @@ gst_v4l2_object_decide_allocation (GstV4l2Object * obj, GstQuery * query)
     /* In this case we'll have to configure two buffer pool. For our buffer
      * pool, we'll need what the driver one, and one more, so we can dequeu */
     own_min = obj->min_buffers + 1;
-    own_min = MAX (own_min, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS);
+    own_min = MAX (own_min, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj));
 
     /* for the downstream pool, we keep what downstream wants, though ensure
      * at least a minimum if downstream didn't suggest anything (we are
      * expecting the base class to create a default one for the context) */
-    min = MAX (min, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS);
+    min = MAX (min, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj));
 
     /* To import we need the other pool to hold at least own_min */
     if (obj->pool == pool)
@@ -4844,7 +4844,7 @@ gst_v4l2_object_propose_allocation (GstV4l2Object * obj, GstQuery * query)
 
   /* Set defaults allocation parameters */
   size = obj->info.size;
-  min = GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS;
+  min = GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj);
   max = VIDEO_MAX_FRAME;
 
   gst_query_parse_allocation (query, &caps, &need_pool);
@@ -4882,7 +4882,7 @@ gst_v4l2_object_propose_allocation (GstV4l2Object * obj, GstQuery * query)
   }
   gst_v4l2_get_driver_min_buffers (obj);
 
-  min = MAX (obj->min_buffers, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS);
+  min = MAX (obj->min_buffers, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (obj));
 
   gst_query_add_allocation_pool (query, pool, size, min, max);
 
diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.h b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.h
index 0c127e11d6..d5cd83d303 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.h
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ typedef struct _GstV4l2ObjectClassHelper GstV4l2ObjectClassHelper;
 #include <gstv4l2bufferpool.h>
 
 /* size of v4l2 buffer pool in streaming case */
-#define GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS 2
+#define GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS(obj) 2
 
 /* max frame width/height */
 #define GST_V4L2_MAX_SIZE (1<<15) /* 2^15 == 32768 */
diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c
index d2a2cf3133..f5e4d796bd 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c
@@ -893,7 +893,8 @@ gst_v4l2_transform_prepare_output_buffer (GstBaseTransform * trans,
   /* Ensure input internal pool is active */
   if (!gst_buffer_pool_is_active (pool)) {
     GstStructure *config = gst_buffer_pool_get_config (pool);
-    gint min = MAX (GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS, self->v4l2output->min_buffers);
+    gint min = MAX (GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (self->v4l2output),
+        self->v4l2output->min_buffers);
 
     if (self->v4l2output->mode == GST_V4L2_IO_USERPTR ||
         self->v4l2output->mode == GST_V4L2_IO_DMABUF_IMPORT) {
diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c
index 36e1515adc..d1421dab5e 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2videoenc.c
@@ -739,7 +739,8 @@ gst_v4l2_video_enc_handle_frame (GstVideoEncoder * encoder,
     /* Ensure input internal pool is active */
     if (!gst_buffer_pool_is_active (pool)) {
       GstStructure *config = gst_buffer_pool_get_config (pool);
-      guint min = MAX (self->v4l2output->min_buffers, GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS);
+      guint min = MAX (self->v4l2output->min_buffers,
+          GST_V4L2_MIN_BUFFERS (self->v4l2output));
 
       gst_buffer_pool_config_set_params (config, self->input_state->caps,
           self->v4l2output->info.size, min, min);