diff --git a/gst/videocrop/gstvideocrop.c b/gst/videocrop/gstvideocrop.c
index cc3175f005..8d4ba909c1 100644
--- a/gst/videocrop/gstvideocrop.c
+++ b/gst/videocrop/gstvideocrop.c
@@ -802,9 +802,11 @@ gst_video_crop_set_info (GstVideoFilter * vfilter, GstCaps * in,
     GST_LOG_OBJECT (crop, "incaps = %" GST_PTR_FORMAT ", outcaps = %"
         GST_PTR_FORMAT, in, out);
 
-  features = gst_caps_get_features (in, 0);
-  crop->raw_caps = gst_caps_features_is_equal (features,
-      GST_CAPS_FEATURES_MEMORY_SYSTEM_MEMORY);
+  if (in) {
+    features = gst_caps_get_features (in, 0);
+    crop->raw_caps = gst_caps_features_is_equal (features,
+        GST_CAPS_FEATURES_MEMORY_SYSTEM_MEMORY);
+  }
 
   if (!crop->raw_caps)
     goto beach;
diff --git a/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c b/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c
index 2acfa33738..bf5d437b1b 100644
--- a/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c
+++ b/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ video_crop_get_test_caps (GstElement * videocrop)
         FRAMERATE, 1, NULL);
     gst_structure_remove_field (new_structure, "width");
     gst_structure_remove_field (new_structure, "height");
+    gst_structure_remove_field (new_structure, "format");
     gst_caps_append_structure (single_caps, new_structure);
 
     /* should be fixed without width/height */