diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c
index 8bc67808f8..6c89713678 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c
@@ -1084,11 +1084,7 @@ gst_vaapi_decoder_reset (GstVaapiDecoder * decoder)
   if (klass->reset) {
     ret = klass->reset (decoder);
   } else {
-    if (klass->destroy)
-      klass->destroy (decoder);
-    if (klass->create)
-      if (!klass->create (decoder))
-        ret = GST_VAAPI_DECODER_STATUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN;
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (decoder, "missing reset() implementation");
   }
 
   if (ret != GST_VAAPI_DECODER_STATUS_SUCCESS)
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h
index e512d81343..10b8d2cf77 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h
@@ -212,8 +212,6 @@ struct _GstVaapiDecoderClass
   /*< private >*/
   GstObjectClass parent_class;
 
-  gboolean (*create) (GstVaapiDecoder * decoder);
-  void (*destroy) (GstVaapiDecoder * decoder);
   GstVaapiDecoderStatus (*parse) (GstVaapiDecoder * decoder,
       GstAdapter * adapter, gboolean at_eos,
       struct _GstVaapiDecoderUnit * unit);