diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
index 08dedabc62..ed8b463a37 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
@@ -396,11 +396,11 @@ gst_validate_report_load_issues (void)
       _("The execution of an action did not properly happen"), NULL);
   REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ISSUE,
       _("An issue happened during the execution of a scenario"), NULL);
-  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, SCENARIO_ACTION_LATENCY_TOO_HIGH,
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, CONFIG_LATENCY_TOO_HIGH,
       _
       ("The pipeline latency is higher than the maximum allowed by the scenario"),
       NULL);
-  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, SCENARIO_ACTION_TOO_MANY_BUFFERS_DROPPED,
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, CONFIG_TOO_MANY_BUFFERS_DROPPED,
       _
       ("The number of dropped buffers is higher than the maximum allowed by the scenario"),
       NULL);
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
index eaa45c446c..3e13f93208 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ typedef enum {
 #define SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR          _QUARK("scenario::execution-error")
 #define SCENARIO_ACTION_TIMEOUT                  _QUARK("scenario::action-timeout")
 #define SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ISSUE          _QUARK("scenario::execution-issue")
-#define SCENARIO_ACTION_LATENCY_TOO_HIGH         _QUARK("scenario::latency-too-high")
-#define SCENARIO_ACTION_TOO_MANY_BUFFERS_DROPPED _QUARK("scenario::too-many-buffers-dropped")
+
+#define CONFIG_LATENCY_TOO_HIGH                  _QUARK("config::latency-too-high")
+#define CONFIG_TOO_MANY_BUFFERS_DROPPED          _QUARK("config::too-many-buffers-dropped")
 
 #define G_LOG_ISSUE                              _QUARK("g-log::issue")
 #define G_LOG_WARNING                            _QUARK("g-log::warning")
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
index 9008dc1910..1cf7a1a2b1 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ gst_validate_scenario_check_dropped (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
       dropped, priv->max_dropped);
 
   if (dropped > priv->max_dropped) {
-    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_TOO_MANY_BUFFERS_DROPPED,
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, CONFIG_TOO_MANY_BUFFERS_DROPPED,
         "Too many buffers have been dropped: %d (max allowed: %d)",
         dropped, priv->max_dropped);
   }
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ gst_validate_scenario_check_latency (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
 
   if (priv->max_latency != GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE &&
       min_latency > priv->max_latency) {
-    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_LATENCY_TOO_HIGH,
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, CONFIG_LATENCY_TOO_HIGH,
         "Pipeline latency is too high: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " (max allowed %"
         GST_TIME_FORMAT ")", GST_TIME_ARGS (min_latency),
         GST_TIME_ARGS (priv->max_latency));