diff --git a/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c b/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
index 60c5eb266d..30888272f9 100644
--- a/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
@@ -1187,16 +1187,8 @@ gst_base_text_overlay_get_videosink_caps (GstPad * pad,
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "peer caps  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, peer_caps);
 
     if (gst_caps_is_any (peer_caps)) {
-
       /* if peer returns ANY caps, return filtered src pad template caps */
       caps = gst_caps_copy (gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (srcpad));
-      if (filter) {
-        GstCaps *intersection = gst_caps_intersect_full (filter, caps,
-            GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
-        gst_caps_unref (caps);
-        caps = intersection;
-      }
-
     } else {
 
       /* duplicate caps which contains the composition into one version with
@@ -1212,14 +1204,13 @@ gst_base_text_overlay_get_videosink_caps (GstPad * pad,
   } else {
     /* no peer, our padtemplate is enough then */
     caps = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (pad);
-    if (filter) {
-      GstCaps *intersection;
+  }
 
-      intersection =
-          gst_caps_intersect_full (filter, caps, GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
-      gst_caps_unref (caps);
-      caps = intersection;
-    }
+  if (filter) {
+    GstCaps *intersection = gst_caps_intersect_full (filter, caps,
+        GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+    caps = intersection;
   }
 
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (overlay, "returning  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);