diff --git a/spa/include/spa/utils/cleanup.h b/spa/include/spa/utils/cleanup.h
index bdabee106..2b1f251f1 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/utils/cleanup.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/utils/cleanup.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ __extension__ ({ \
 	_old_value; \
 })
 
-#if __GNUC__ > 10 || defined(__clang__)
+#if __GNUC__ >= 10 || defined(__clang__)
 #define spa_steal_ptr(ptr) ((__typeof__(*(ptr)) *) spa_exchange((ptr), NULL))
 #else
 #define spa_steal_ptr(ptr) ((__typeof__(ptr)) spa_exchange((ptr), NULL))