diff --git a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
index 8d8cedbc06..ff08194529 100644
--- a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
+++ b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ gst_wayland_sink_propose_allocation (GstBaseSink * bsink, GstQuery * query)
     g_object_unref (pool);
 
   alloc = gst_wl_shm_allocator_get ();
-  gst_query_add_allocation_param (query, gst_wl_shm_allocator_get (), NULL);
+  gst_query_add_allocation_param (query, alloc, NULL);
   gst_query_add_allocation_meta (query, GST_VIDEO_META_API_TYPE, NULL);
   g_object_unref (alloc);