diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/egl/gstglcontext_egl.c b/gst-libs/gst/gl/egl/gstglcontext_egl.c
index c10bd5bfb5..b7edf4b8d8 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/egl/gstglcontext_egl.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/egl/gstglcontext_egl.c
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ gst_gl_context_egl_choose_format (GstGLContext * context, GError ** error)
     gst_object_unref (window);
 
     if (ret == 0) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
-          "Failed to match XVisualInfo");
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG, "Failed to match XVisualInfo");
       return FALSE;
     }
   }
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ gst_gl_context_egl_create_context (GstGLContext * context,
 
   if (other_context) {
     if (!GST_GL_IS_CONTEXT_EGL (other_context)) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
           "Cannot share context with non-EGL context");
       goto failure;
     }
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglwindow.h b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglwindow.h
index 946e551331..1d2137d0d4 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglwindow.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglwindow.h
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 typedef enum
 {
   GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_FAILED,
-  GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
-  GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_API,
   GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_OLD_LIBS,
-  GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
   GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_RESOURCE_UNAVAILABLE,
 } GstGLWindowError;
 
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/win32/gstglcontext_wgl.c b/gst-libs/gst/gl/win32/gstglcontext_wgl.c
index 88e35af3c6..2dba16d7aa 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/win32/gstglcontext_wgl.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/win32/gstglcontext_wgl.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ gst_gl_context_wgl_create_context (GstGLContext * context,
 
   if (other_context) {
     if (!GST_GL_IS_CONTEXT_WGL (other_context)) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
           "Cannot share context with a non-WGL context");
       goto failure;
     }
@@ -109,8 +110,9 @@ gst_gl_context_wgl_create_context (GstGLContext * context,
     GST_DEBUG ("gl context created: %" G_GUINTPTR_FORMAT,
         (guintptr) context_wgl->wgl_context);
   else {
-    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
-        "failed to create glcontext:0x%x", (unsigned int) GetLastError ());
+    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+        GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT, "failed to create glcontext:0x%x",
+        (unsigned int) GetLastError ());
     goto failure;
   }
   g_assert (context_wgl->wgl_context);
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@ gst_gl_context_wgl_create_context (GstGLContext * context,
 
   if (other_wgl) {
     if (!wglShareLists (other_wgl->wgl_context, context_wgl->wgl_context)) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR,
-          GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT, "failed to share contexts 0x%x",
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT, "failed to share contexts 0x%x",
           (unsigned int) GetLastError ());
       goto failure;
     }
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/x11/gstglcontext_glx.c b/gst-libs/gst/gl/x11/gstglcontext_glx.c
index abfec94f53..2be004c350 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/x11/gstglcontext_glx.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/x11/gstglcontext_glx.c
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ gst_gl_context_glx_create_context (GstGLContext * context,
     GstGLWindow *other_window;
 
     if (!GST_GL_IS_CONTEXT_GLX (other_context)) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
           "Cannot share context with non-GLX context");
       goto failure;
     }
@@ -222,8 +223,8 @@ gst_gl_context_glx_create_context (GstGLContext * context,
     XFree (context_glx->priv->fbconfigs);
 
   if (!context_glx->glx_context) {
-    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
-        "Failed to create opengl context");
+    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+        GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT, "Failed to create opengl context");
     goto failure;
   }
 
@@ -274,14 +275,15 @@ gst_gl_context_glx_choose_format (GstGLContext * context, GError ** error)
   device = (Display *) gst_gl_window_get_display (window);
 
   if (!glXQueryExtension (device, &error_base, &event_base)) {
-    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR,
-        GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_RESOURCE_UNAVAILABLE, "No GLX extension");
+    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+        GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_RESOURCE_UNAVAILABLE, "No GLX extension");
     goto failure;
   }
 
   if (!glXQueryVersion (device, &context_glx->priv->glx_major,
           &context_glx->priv->glx_minor)) {
-    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
+    g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+        GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
         "Failed to query GLX version (glXQueryVersion failed)");
     goto failure;
   }
@@ -306,7 +308,8 @@ gst_gl_context_glx_choose_format (GstGLContext * context, GError ** error)
         window_x11->screen_num, attribs);
 
     if (!window_x11->visual_info) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
           "Bad attributes in glXChooseVisual");
       goto failure;
     }
@@ -326,7 +329,8 @@ gst_gl_context_glx_choose_format (GstGLContext * context, GError ** error)
         DefaultScreen (device), attribs, &fbcount);
 
     if (!context_glx->priv->fbconfigs) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
           "Could not find any FBConfig's to use (check attributes?)");
       goto failure;
     }
@@ -337,8 +341,8 @@ gst_gl_context_glx_choose_format (GstGLContext * context, GError ** error)
         context_glx->priv->fbconfigs[0]);
 
     if (!window_x11->visual_info) {
-      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR, GST_GL_WINDOW_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG,
-          "Bad attributes in FBConfig");
+      g_set_error (error, GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR,
+          GST_GL_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRONG_CONFIG, "Bad attributes in FBConfig");
       goto failure;
     }
   }