diff --git a/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
index 2a5bd51b48..37cd48b75c 100644
--- a/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
+++ b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
@@ -2789,13 +2789,7 @@ gst_ffmpegdec_register (GstPlugin * plugin)
 
     /* No vdpau plugins until we can figure out how to properly use them
      * outside of ffmpeg. */
-    if (!strcmp (in_plugin->name, "h264_vdpau") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpeg_vdpau") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpeg1_vdpau") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpegvideo_vdpau") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpeg1video_vdpau") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "vc1_vdpau") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "wmv3_vdpau")) {
+    if (g_str_has_suffix (in_plugin->name, "_vdpau")) {
       GST_DEBUG
           ("Ignoring VDPAU decoder %s. We can't handle this outside of ffmpeg",
           in_plugin->name);