diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c
index 0f7425d863..6a82fb5846 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ subrip_fix_up_markup (gchar ** p_txt, gconstpointer allowed_tags_ptr)
     }
 
     if (*next_tag == '<' && *(next_tag + 1) == '/') {
-      end_tag = strchr (cur, '>');
+      end_tag = strchr (next_tag, '>');
       if (end_tag) {
         const gchar *last = NULL;
         if (num_open_tags > 0)