diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoManager.cc b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoManager.cc
index 705efa24392dd784aff25e9b6871d4542a73b3c5..49d934d6f5209d7e39bbd6160a68dcd4c2fa4128 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoManager.cc
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoManager.cc
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ VideoManager::_makeVideoSink(gpointer widget)
 
     if ((sink = gst_element_factory_make("qgcvideosinkbin", nullptr)) != nullptr) {
         g_object_set(sink, "widget", widget, NULL);
+        // FIXME: AV: temporally disable sync due to MPEG2-TS sync issues
+        g_object_set(sink, "sync", FALSE, NULL);
     } else {
         qCritical() << "gst_element_factory_make('qgcvideosinkbin') failed";
     }
diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/gstqgcvideosinkbin.c b/src/VideoStreaming/gstqgcvideosinkbin.c
index f3eeb8e6b84b233ca18fda7b05c956d232f04e71..6ed2db45cfc978b70f81f7db40e039a9ab530c60 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/gstqgcvideosinkbin.c
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/gstqgcvideosinkbin.c
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ _vsb_init(GstQgcVideoSinkBin *vsb)
             break;
         }
 
-        // FIXME: AV: temporally disable sync due to MPEG2-TS sync issues
-        g_object_set(vsb->qmlglsink, "sync", FALSE, NULL);
-
         if ((glcolorconvert = gst_element_factory_make("glcolorconvert", NULL)) == NULL) {
             GST_ERROR_OBJECT(vsb, "gst_element_factory_make('glcolorconvert' failed)");
             break;