diff --git a/sys/applemedia/avsamplevideosink.m b/sys/applemedia/avsamplevideosink.m
index 199e659375..08f7e13f49 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/avsamplevideosink.m
+++ b/sys/applemedia/avsamplevideosink.m
@@ -748,11 +748,13 @@ gst_av_sample_video_sink_show_frame (GstVideoSink * vsink, GstBuffer * buf)
     _request_data (av_sink);
   g_mutex_unlock (&av_sink->render_lock);
 
+#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 1010
   if ([av_sink->layer status] == AVQueuedSampleBufferRenderingStatusFailed) {
     GST_ERROR_OBJECT (av_sink, "failed to enqueue buffer on layer, %s",
         [[[av_sink->layer error] description] UTF8String]);
     return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
   }
+#endif
 
   return ret;
 }