diff --git a/gstreamer-app/Cargo.toml b/gstreamer-app/Cargo.toml
index 7d56de899..819e5562e 100644
--- a/gstreamer-app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gstreamer-app/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ gstreamer-app-sys = { git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-
 glib = { git = "https://github.com/gtk-rs/glib" }
 gstreamer = { path = "../gstreamer" }
 gstreamer-base = { path = "../gstreamer-base" }
+once_cell = "1.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 rustdoc-stripper = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/gstreamer-app/src/app_sink.rs b/gstreamer-app/src/app_sink.rs
index 1c0a0f372..e1187e3db 100644
--- a/gstreamer-app/src/app_sink.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-app/src/app_sink.rs
@@ -184,9 +184,21 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn destroy_callbacks(ptr: gpointer) {
 
 impl AppSink {
     pub fn set_callbacks(&self, callbacks: AppSinkCallbacks) {
+        use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+        static SET_ONCE_QUARK: Lazy<glib::Quark> =
+            Lazy::new(|| glib::Quark::from_string("gstreamer-rs-app-sink-callbacks"));
+
         unsafe {
+            let sink = self.to_glib_none().0;
+            if !gobject_sys::g_object_get_qdata(sink as *mut _, SET_ONCE_QUARK.to_glib()).is_null()
+            {
+                panic!("AppSink callbacks can only be set once");
+            }
+
+            gobject_sys::g_object_set_qdata(sink as *mut _, SET_ONCE_QUARK.to_glib(), 1 as *mut _);
+
             gst_app_sys::gst_app_sink_set_callbacks(
-                self.to_glib_none().0,
+                sink,
                 mut_override(&callbacks.callbacks),
                 Box::into_raw(Box::new(callbacks)) as *mut _,
                 Some(destroy_callbacks),
@@ -303,13 +315,6 @@ impl AppSinkStream {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "v1_10"))]
-impl Drop for AppSinkStream {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.app_sink.set_callbacks(AppSinkCallbacks::new().build());
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(any(feature = "v1_10"))]
 impl Stream for AppSinkStream {
     type Item = gst::Sample;
diff --git a/gstreamer-app/src/app_src.rs b/gstreamer-app/src/app_src.rs
index 8b54ba189..71fa00ba5 100644
--- a/gstreamer-app/src/app_src.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-app/src/app_src.rs
@@ -199,9 +199,20 @@ impl AppSrc {
     }
 
     pub fn set_callbacks(&self, callbacks: AppSrcCallbacks) {
+        use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+        static SET_ONCE_QUARK: Lazy<glib::Quark> =
+            Lazy::new(|| glib::Quark::from_string("gstreamer-rs-app-src-callbacks"));
+
         unsafe {
+            let src = self.to_glib_none().0;
+            if !gobject_sys::g_object_get_qdata(src as *mut _, SET_ONCE_QUARK.to_glib()).is_null() {
+                panic!("AppSrc callbacks can only be set once");
+            }
+
+            gobject_sys::g_object_set_qdata(src as *mut _, SET_ONCE_QUARK.to_glib(), 1 as *mut _);
+
             gst_app_sys::gst_app_src_set_callbacks(
-                self.to_glib_none().0,
+                src,
                 mut_override(&callbacks.callbacks),
                 Box::into_raw(Box::new(callbacks)) as *mut _,
                 Some(destroy_callbacks),
@@ -271,12 +282,6 @@ impl AppSrcSink {
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for AppSrcSink {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.app_src.set_callbacks(AppSrcCallbacks::new().build());
-    }
-}
-
 impl Sink<gst::Sample> for AppSrcSink {
     type Error = gst::FlowError;
 
diff --git a/gstreamer-app/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer-app/src/lib.rs
index c7fd82503..b4281c6f4 100644
--- a/gstreamer-app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-app/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ extern crate gstreamer_app_sys as gst_app_sys;
 extern crate gstreamer_base as gst_base;
 extern crate gstreamer_sys as gst_sys;
 
+extern crate once_cell;
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate glib;
 
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/bus.rs b/gstreamer/src/bus.rs
index 7447e83bb..89e0e423b 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/bus.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/bus.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use gst_sys;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::mem::transmute;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::ptr;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use Bus;
@@ -157,9 +156,20 @@ impl Bus {
     where
         F: Fn(&Bus, &Message) -> BusSyncReply + Send + Sync + 'static,
     {
+        use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+        static SET_ONCE_QUARK: Lazy<glib::Quark> =
+            Lazy::new(|| glib::Quark::from_string("gstreamer-rs-sync-handler"));
+
         unsafe {
+            let bus = self.to_glib_none().0;
+            if !gobject_sys::g_object_get_qdata(bus as *mut _, SET_ONCE_QUARK.to_glib()).is_null() {
+                panic!("Bus sync handler can only be set once");
+            }
+
+            gobject_sys::g_object_set_qdata(bus as *mut _, SET_ONCE_QUARK.to_glib(), 1 as *mut _);
+
             gst_sys::gst_bus_set_sync_handler(
-                self.to_glib_none().0,
+                bus,
                 Some(trampoline_sync::<F>),
                 into_raw_sync(func),
                 Some(destroy_closure_sync::<F>),
@@ -167,12 +177,6 @@ impl Bus {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn unset_sync_handler(&self) {
-        unsafe {
-            gst_sys::gst_bus_set_sync_handler(self.to_glib_none().0, None, ptr::null_mut(), None)
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn iter(&self) -> Iter {
         self.iter_timed(0.into())
     }
@@ -272,12 +276,6 @@ impl BusStream {
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for BusStream {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.bus.unset_sync_handler();
-    }
-}
-
 impl Stream for BusStream {
     type Item = Message;