diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.cpp
index 6d7f4908cc..fb2af222f5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_rect_free (GstD3D12OverlayRect * rect)
 
 static GstD3D12OverlayRect *
 gst_d3d12_overlay_rect_new (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * self,
-    GstVideoOverlayRectangle * overlay_rect, guint64 & fence_val)
+    GstVideoOverlayRectangle * overlay_rect)
 {
   auto priv = self->priv;
   gint x, y;
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_rect_new (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * self,
   GstVideoOverlayFormatFlags flags;
   gboolean premul_alpha = FALSE;
 
-  fence_val = 0;
-
   if (!gst_video_overlay_rectangle_get_render_rectangle (overlay_rect, &x, &y,
           &width, &height)) {
     GST_ERROR_OBJECT (self, "Failed to get render rectangle");
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_rect_new (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * self,
         gst_d3d12_memory_get_shader_resource_view_heap (dmem)) {
       texture = gst_d3d12_memory_get_resource_handle (dmem);
       is_d3d12 = true;
-      fence_val = dmem->fence_value;
     }
   }
 
@@ -651,7 +648,7 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_foreach_meta (GstBuffer * buffer, GstMeta ** meta,
 
 gboolean
 gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * compositor,
-    GstBuffer * buf, guint64 * fence_val)
+    GstBuffer * buf)
 {
   g_return_val_if_fail (compositor != nullptr, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_BUFFER (buf), FALSE);
@@ -659,8 +656,6 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * compositor,
   auto priv = compositor->priv;
   priv->rects_to_upload.clear ();
 
-  *fence_val = 0;
-
   gst_buffer_foreach_meta (buf,
       (GstBufferForeachMetaFunc) gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_foreach_meta,
       compositor);
@@ -675,7 +670,6 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * compositor,
   GST_LOG_OBJECT (compositor, "Found %" G_GSIZE_FORMAT
       " overlay rectangles", priv->rects_to_upload.size ());
 
-  guint64 max_fence_val = 0;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < priv->rects_to_upload.size (); i++) {
     GList *iter;
     bool found = false;
@@ -688,14 +682,10 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * compositor,
     }
 
     if (!found) {
-      guint64 cur_fence_val = 0;
       auto new_rect = gst_d3d12_overlay_rect_new (compositor,
-          priv->rects_to_upload[i], cur_fence_val);
-      if (new_rect) {
+          priv->rects_to_upload[i]);
+      if (new_rect)
         priv->overlays = g_list_append (priv->overlays, new_rect);
-        if (max_fence_val < cur_fence_val)
-          max_fence_val = cur_fence_val;
-      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -716,8 +706,6 @@ gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * compositor,
     }
   }
 
-  *fence_val = max_fence_val;
-
   return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.h
index d753fffa17..5f52bdfdd2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12overlaycompositor.h
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_new  (GstD3D12Device *
                                                                const GstVideoInfo * info);
 
 gboolean                    gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * compositor,
-                                                                 GstBuffer * buf,
-                                                                 guint64 * fence_val);
+                                                                 GstBuffer * buf);
 
 gboolean                    gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_update_viewport (GstD3D12OverlayCompositor * compositor,
                                                                           GstVideoRectangle * viewport);
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12window.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12window.cpp
index 1659c5c027..731e06bb08 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12window.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/gstd3d12window.cpp
@@ -1668,9 +1668,7 @@ gst_d3d12_window_set_buffer (GstD3D12Window * window, GstBuffer * buffer)
         &priv->output_rect);
   }
 
-  guint64 overlay_fence_val = 0;
-  gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (priv->ctx->comp, priv->ctx->cached_buf,
-      &overlay_fence_val);
+  gst_d3d12_overlay_compositor_upload (priv->ctx->comp, priv->ctx->cached_buf);
 
   GstD3D12CommandAllocator *gst_ca;
   if (!gst_d3d12_command_allocator_pool_acquire (priv->ctx->ca_pool, &gst_ca)) {