diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstaggregator.c b/libs/gst/base/gstaggregator.c
index f0cc877596..6ca98948e6 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstaggregator.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstaggregator.c
@@ -2441,6 +2441,7 @@ gst_aggregator_init (GstAggregator * self, GstAggregatorClass * klass)
 {
   GstPadTemplate *pad_template;
   GstAggregatorPrivate *priv;
+  GType pad_type;
 
   g_return_if_fail (klass->aggregate != NULL);
 
@@ -2460,7 +2461,13 @@ gst_aggregator_init (GstAggregator * self, GstAggregatorClass * klass)
   self->priv->peer_latency_max = self->priv->sub_latency_max = 0;
   self->priv->has_peer_latency = FALSE;
 
-  self->srcpad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "src");
+  pad_type =
+      GST_PAD_TEMPLATE_GTYPE (pad_template) ==
+      G_TYPE_NONE ? GST_TYPE_AGGREGATOR_PAD :
+      GST_PAD_TEMPLATE_GTYPE (pad_template);
+  self->srcpad =
+      g_object_new (pad_type, "name", "src", "direction", GST_PAD_SRC,
+      "template", pad_template, NULL);
 
   gst_aggregator_reset_flow_values (self);