diff --git a/omx/gstomx.c b/omx/gstomx.c
index 1151a6c9bf..b16cf508da 100644
--- a/omx/gstomx.c
+++ b/omx/gstomx.c
@@ -655,10 +655,16 @@ log_omx_performance (GstOMXComponent * comp, const gchar * event,
     return;
 
   if (buf) {
+    gchar *buf_str, *omx_buf_str;
+
+    /* GST_PTR_FORMAT won't serialize G_TYPE_POINTER fields so stringify pointers */
+    buf_str = g_strdup_printf ("%p", buf);
+    omx_buf_str = g_strdup_printf ("%p", buf->omx_buf);
+
     /* *INDENT-OFF* */
     s = gst_structure_new (event,
-        "GstOMXBuffer", G_TYPE_POINTER, buf,
-        "OMX-buffer", G_TYPE_POINTER, buf->omx_buf,
+        "GstOMXBuffer", G_TYPE_STRING, buf_str,
+        "OMX-buffer", G_TYPE_STRING, omx_buf_str,
         "TimeStamp", G_TYPE_UINT64, GST_OMX_GET_TICKS (buf->omx_buf->nTimeStamp),
         "AllocLen", G_TYPE_UINT, buf->omx_buf->nAllocLen,
         "FilledLen", G_TYPE_UINT, buf->omx_buf->nFilledLen,
@@ -666,6 +672,9 @@ log_omx_performance (GstOMXComponent * comp, const gchar * event,
         "flags-str", G_TYPE_STRING, gst_omx_buffer_flags_to_string (buf->omx_buf->nFlags),
         NULL);
     /* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+    g_free (buf_str);
+    g_free (omx_buf_str);
   } else {
     s = gst_structure_new_empty (event);
   }