diff --git a/gst/gstinfo.c b/gst/gstinfo.c
index 8bb1a2a..9b51167 100644
--- a/gst/gstinfo.c
+++ b/gst/gstinfo.c
@@ -1689,18 +1689,6 @@
   gst_debug_reset_all_thresholds ();
 }
 
-static void
-gst_debug_apply_patterns_to_category (GstDebugCategory * cat)
-{
-  GSList *l;
-
-  g_mutex_lock (&__level_name_mutex);
-  for (l = __level_name; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
-    for_each_threshold_by_entry (cat, (LevelNameEntry *) l->data);
-  }
-  g_mutex_unlock (&__level_name_mutex);
-}
-
 GstDebugCategory *
 _gst_debug_category_new (const gchar * name, guint color,
     const gchar * description)
@@ -1733,9 +1721,6 @@
   }
   g_mutex_unlock (&__cat_mutex);
 
-  /* ensure the filter is applied to categories registered after _debug_init */
-  gst_debug_apply_patterns_to_category (cat);
-
   return cat;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstinfo.c b/tests/check/gst/gstinfo.c
index 7ebd967..78f8b5a 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstinfo.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstinfo.c
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@
   /* Note: before the fixes this wouldn't work to trigger the problem because
    * only a pattern set via GST_DEBUG before gst_init would be picked up
    * (another bug) */
-  gst_debug_set_threshold_from_string ("*a*b:6,*c:3,d*:2,xyz*:9,ax:1", TRUE);
+  gst_debug_set_threshold_from_string ("*a*b:6,*b*0:6,*c:3,d*:2,xyz*:9,ax:1",
+      TRUE);
 
   fail_unless_equals_int (GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT,
       gst_debug_get_default_threshold ());
@@ -471,8 +472,12 @@
     /* *c:3 */
     fail_unless_equals_int (gst_debug_category_get_threshold (cats[0x4c]),
         GST_LEVEL_FIXME);
-    /* *a*b:6 */
+    /* *a*b:6 and d*:2, but d*:2 takes priority here as cat name is "dog-a1b"
+     * and order matters: items listed later override earlier ones. */
     fail_unless_equals_int (gst_debug_category_get_threshold (cats[0xa1b]),
+        GST_LEVEL_WARNING);
+    /* *a*0:6 */
+    fail_unless_equals_int (gst_debug_category_get_threshold (cats[0xb10]),
         GST_LEVEL_LOG);
   }