diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpsession.c b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpsession.c
index 8509c1fa47..963f0892c8 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpsession.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpsession.c
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ gst_rtp_session_send_rtcp (RTPSession * sess, RTPSource * src,
 
     /* set rtcp caps on output pad */
     if (!(caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (rtcp_src))) {
-      caps = gst_caps_new_simple ("application/x-rtcp", NULL);
+      caps = gst_caps_new_empty_simple ("application/x-rtcp");
       gst_pad_set_caps (rtcp_src, caps);
     }
     gst_caps_unref (caps);
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ gst_rtp_session_sync_rtcp (RTPSession * sess, RTPSource * src,
 
     /* set rtcp caps on output pad */
     if (!(caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (sync_src))) {
-      caps = gst_caps_new_simple ("application/x-rtcp", NULL);
+      caps = gst_caps_new_empty_simple ("application/x-rtcp");
       gst_pad_set_caps (sync_src, caps);
     }
     gst_caps_unref (caps);
diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
index 48a473076f..ac494b847c 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ gst_v4l2_object_probe_caps_for_format (GstV4l2Object * v4l2object,
   guint32 w, h;
 
   if (pixelformat == GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'P', 'E', 'G'))
-    return gst_caps_new_simple ("video/mpegts", NULL);
+    return gst_caps_new_empty_simple ("video/mpegts");
 
   memset (&size, 0, sizeof (struct v4l2_frmsizeenum));
   size.index = 0;