diff --git a/gst/gstpad.c b/gst/gstpad.c
index 23cb77037b..c753d01b83 100644
--- a/gst/gstpad.c
+++ b/gst/gstpad.c
@@ -2012,7 +2012,8 @@ gst_pad_send_event (GstPad *pad, GstEvent *event)
 
   if (!handled) {
     GST_DEBUG(GST_CAT_EVENT, "would proceed with default behavior here\n");
-    //gst_pad_event_default (pad, event);
+    gst_pad_event_default (pad, event);
+    handled = TRUE;
   }
 
   return handled;
diff --git a/gst/gstscheduler.c b/gst/gstscheduler.c
index 0c61f79599..ccef994f6a 100644
--- a/gst/gstscheduler.c
+++ b/gst/gstscheduler.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ gst_schedule_chain_wrapper (int argc,char *argv[])
         buf = gst_pad_pull (pad);
         if (buf) { 
           if (GST_IS_EVENT (buf) && !GST_ELEMENT_IS_EVENT_AWARE (element)) {
-            gst_pad_event_default (pad, GST_EVENT (buf)); 
+            //gst_pad_event_default (pad, GST_EVENT (buf)); 
+            gst_pad_send_event (pad, GST_EVENT (buf)); 
 	  }
 	  else {
             GST_DEBUG (GST_CAT_DATAFLOW,"calling chain function of %s:%s\n", name, GST_PAD_NAME (pad));