diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c
index e5d563084a..75bc9fbde1 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ gst_vaapipostproc_destroy_filter (GstVaapiPostproc * postproc)
   }
   gst_vaapi_filter_replace (&postproc->filter, NULL);
   gst_vaapi_video_pool_replace (&postproc->filter_pool, NULL);
-  postproc->filter_pool_active = FALSE;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -333,7 +332,6 @@ gst_vaapipostproc_stop (GstBaseTransform * trans)
 
   ds_reset (&postproc->deinterlace_state);
   gst_vaapi_plugin_base_close (GST_VAAPI_PLUGIN_BASE (postproc));
-  postproc->filter_pool_active = FALSE;
 
   postproc->field_duration = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
   gst_video_info_init(&postproc->sinkpad_info);
@@ -388,11 +386,8 @@ create_output_buffer (GstVaapiPostproc * postproc)
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (pool != NULL, NULL);
 
-  if (!postproc->filter_pool_active) {
-    if (!gst_buffer_pool_set_active (pool, TRUE))
-      goto error_activate_pool;
-    postproc->filter_pool_active = TRUE;
-  }
+  if (!gst_buffer_pool_set_active (pool, TRUE))
+    goto error_activate_pool;
 
   outbuf = NULL;
   ret = gst_buffer_pool_acquire_buffer (pool, &outbuf, NULL);
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.h b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.h
index aaa621019a..a74043d419 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.h
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ struct _GstVaapiPostproc
   GPtrArray *filter_ops;
   GstVaapiVideoPool *filter_pool;
   GstVideoInfo filter_pool_info;
-  gboolean filter_pool_active;
   GArray *filter_formats;
   GstVideoFormat format;        /* output video format (encoded) */
   guint width;