diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
index d213614409..0d473879e1 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,6 @@ static gint
 compare_factories_func (gconstpointer p1, gconstpointer p2)
 {
   GstPluginFeature *f1, *f2;
-  gint diff;
   gboolean is_sink1, is_sink2;
   gboolean is_parser1, is_parser2;
 
@@ -1325,13 +1324,7 @@ compare_factories_func (gconstpointer p1, gconstpointer p2)
 
   /* And if it's a both a parser or sink we first sort by rank
    * and then by factory name */
-  diff = gst_plugin_feature_get_rank (f2) - gst_plugin_feature_get_rank (f1);
-  if (diff != 0)
-    return diff;
-
-  diff = strcmp (GST_OBJECT_NAME (f1), GST_OBJECT_NAME (f2));
-
-  return diff;
+  return gst_plugin_feature_rank_compare_func (p1, p2);
 }
 
 /* Must be called with elements lock! */