diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapi.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapi.c
index 56ee703f04..3532624839 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapi.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapi.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
       GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_VAAPIPOSTPROC);
 
   gst_element_register (plugin, "vaapidecodebin",
-      GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_VAAPI_DECODE_BIN);
+      GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 2, GST_TYPE_VAAPI_DECODE_BIN);
 
   rank = GST_RANK_SECONDARY;
   if (g_getenv ("WAYLAND_DISPLAY"))
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c
index 4e8d35fbfc..76d1bc47ce 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ static const GstVaapiDecoderMap vaapi_decode_map[] = {
   {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_MPEG4, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "mpeg4",
       "video/mpeg, mpegversion=4", NULL},
   {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_H263, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "h263", "video/x-h263", NULL},
-  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_H264, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1, "h264", "video/x-h264",
+  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_H264, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "h264", "video/x-h264",
       gst_vaapi_decode_h264_install_properties},
-  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_VC1, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1, "vc1",
+  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_VC1, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "vc1",
       "video/x-wmv, wmvversion=3, format={WMV3,WVC1}", NULL},
-  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_VP8, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1, "vp8", "video/x-vp8", NULL},
-  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_VP9, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1, "vp9", "video/x-vp9", NULL},
-  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_H265, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1, "h265", "video/x-h265", NULL},
-  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_AV1, GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1, "av1", "video/x-av1", NULL},
+  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_VP8, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "vp8", "video/x-vp8", NULL},
+  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_VP9, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "vp9", "video/x-vp9", NULL},
+  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_H265, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "h265", "video/x-h265", NULL},
+  {GST_VAAPI_CODEC_AV1, GST_RANK_PRIMARY, "av1", "video/x-av1", NULL},
   {0 /* the rest */ , GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 1, NULL,
       gst_vaapidecode_sink_caps_str, NULL},
 };