diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index 3b147a8c9d..519ead4fbd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -7305,7 +7305,7 @@
                         "writable": false
                     }
                 },
-                "rank": "primary"
+                "rank": "primary + 1"
             },
             "d3d11colorconvert": {
                 "author": "Seungha Yang <seungha@centricular.com>",
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/plugin.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/plugin.cpp
index 5d31fd4155..c6337e1820 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/plugin.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/plugin.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
         gst_d3d11_h265_dec_register (plugin, device, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1);
         gst_d3d11_vp9_dec_register (plugin, device, GST_RANK_PRIMARY);
         gst_d3d11_vp8_dec_register (plugin, device, GST_RANK_PRIMARY);
-        gst_d3d11_av1_dec_register (plugin, device, GST_RANK_PRIMARY);
+        /* rust dav1ddec has "primary" rank */
+        gst_d3d11_av1_dec_register (plugin, device, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1);
         gst_d3d11_mpeg2_dec_register (plugin, device, GST_RANK_SECONDARY);
       }