diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c
index 94cdde3dc7..ba912d997a 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ element_factory_rank_compare_func (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
 
   /* make order chosen in the end more determinable */
   if (rank_a == rank_b) {
-    const gchar *name_a = GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (a));
-    const gchar *name_b = GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (b));
+    const gchar *name_a = GST_OBJECT_NAME (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (a));
+    const gchar *name_b = GST_OBJECT_NAME (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (b));
 
     return g_ascii_strcasecmp (name_a, name_b);
   }
diff --git a/gst/encoding/gstencodebin.c b/gst/encoding/gstencodebin.c
index 1631857e34..6947f163c5 100644
--- a/gst/encoding/gstencodebin.c
+++ b/gst/encoding/gstencodebin.c
@@ -768,13 +768,12 @@ _create_element_and_set_preset (GstElementFactory * factory,
 {
   GstElement *res = NULL;
 
-  GST_DEBUG ("Creating element from factory %s",
-      GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (factory));
+  GST_DEBUG ("Creating element from factory %s", GST_OBJECT_NAME (factory));
   res = gst_element_factory_create (factory, name);
   if (preset && GST_IS_PRESET (res) &&
       !gst_preset_load_preset (GST_PRESET (res), preset)) {
     GST_WARNING ("Couldn't set preset [%s] on element [%s]",
-        preset, GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (factory));
+        preset, GST_OBJECT_NAME (factory));
     gst_object_unref (res);
     res = NULL;
   }
@@ -1475,7 +1474,7 @@ _get_formatter (GstEncodeBin * ebin, GstEncodingProfile * sprof)
     formatterfact = (GstElementFactory *) tmpfmtr->data;
 
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ebin, "Trying formatter %s",
-        GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (formatterfact));
+        GST_OBJECT_NAME (formatterfact));
 
     if ((formatter =
             _create_element_and_set_preset (formatterfact, preset, NULL)))
@@ -1524,7 +1523,7 @@ _get_muxer (GstEncodeBin * ebin)
 
     muxerfact = (GstElementFactory *) tmpmux->data;
 
-    GST_DEBUG ("Trying muxer %s", GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (muxerfact));
+    GST_DEBUG ("Trying muxer %s", GST_OBJECT_NAME (muxerfact));
 
     /* See if the muxer can sink all of our stream profile caps */
     for (tmp = profiles; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
index e738cf2d45..bb4e627685 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
@@ -3110,8 +3110,7 @@ autoplug_select_cb (GstElement * decodebin, GstPad * pad,
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (playbin, "select group %p for %s:%s, %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
       group, GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad), caps);
 
-  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (playbin, "checking factory %s",
-      GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (factory));
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (playbin, "checking factory %s", GST_OBJECT_NAME (factory));
 
   /* if it's not a sink, we just make decodebin try it */
   if (!gst_element_factory_list_is_type (factory,
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/libvisual.c b/tests/check/elements/libvisual.c
index 0f95006006..7235b8122c 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/libvisual.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/libvisual.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 static gboolean
 filter_func (GstPluginFeature * feature, gpointer user_data)
 {
-  return (g_str_has_prefix (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (feature), "libvisual_"));
+  return (g_str_has_prefix (GST_OBJECT_NAME (feature), "libvisual_"));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_shutdown)
       return;
     }
     for (l = list; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
-      test_shutdown_for_factory (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_NAME (l->data));
+      test_shutdown_for_factory (GST_OBJECT_NAME (l->data));
     }
     gst_plugin_feature_list_free (list);
   } else {