diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c
index c4a9df067..a7655cfd2 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c
@@ -1331,14 +1331,20 @@ static DBusHandlerResult object_manager_handler(DBusConnection *c, DBusMessage *
 			if (caps_size < 0)
 				continue;
 
-			spa_log_info(monitor->log, "register A2DP codec %s", a2dp_codecs[i]->name);
-			endpoint = spa_aprintf("%s/%s", A2DP_SINK_ENDPOINT, codec->name);
-			append_a2dp_object(&array, endpoint, SPA_BT_UUID_A2DP_SINK, codec_id, caps, caps_size);
-			free(endpoint);
+			if (codec->decode != NULL) {
+				spa_log_info(monitor->log, "register A2DP codec %s", a2dp_codecs[i]->name);
+				endpoint = spa_aprintf("%s/%s", A2DP_SINK_ENDPOINT, codec->name);
+				append_a2dp_object(&array, endpoint, SPA_BT_UUID_A2DP_SINK,
+						codec_id, caps, caps_size);
+				free(endpoint);
+			}
 
-			endpoint = spa_aprintf("%s/%s", A2DP_SOURCE_ENDPOINT, codec->name);
-			append_a2dp_object(&array, endpoint, SPA_BT_UUID_A2DP_SOURCE, codec_id, caps, caps_size);
-			free(endpoint);
+			if (codec->encode != NULL) {
+				endpoint = spa_aprintf("%s/%s", A2DP_SOURCE_ENDPOINT, codec->name);
+				append_a2dp_object(&array, endpoint, SPA_BT_UUID_A2DP_SOURCE,
+						codec_id, caps, caps_size);
+				free(endpoint);
+			}
 		}
 
 		dbus_message_iter_close_container(&iter, &array);