diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstbufferlist.c b/tests/check/gst/gstbufferlist.c
index 2ac332342e..4f831c26b8 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstbufferlist.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstbufferlist.c
@@ -483,6 +483,31 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_new_sized_0)
 
 GST_END_TEST;
 
+GST_START_TEST (test_multiple_mutable_buffer_references)
+{
+  GstBufferList *b = gst_buffer_list_new_sized (1);
+  GstBuffer *buf1, *buf2;
+
+  gst_buffer_list_add (b, gst_buffer_new ());
+  gst_buffer_list_ref (b);
+
+  buf1 = gst_buffer_list_get (b, 0);
+  buf2 = gst_buffer_list_get (b, 0);
+
+  fail_if (gst_buffer_list_is_writable (b));
+  fail_if (gst_buffer_is_writable (buf1));
+  fail_if (gst_buffer_is_writable (buf2));
+
+  /* Immutable operations that have optimizations for writable buffers
+   * will cause problems now, e.g. read-mapping the buffer and merging
+   * together all the memories and replacing them in the buffer */
+
+  gst_buffer_list_unref (b);
+  gst_buffer_list_unref (b);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
 static Suite *
 gst_buffer_list_suite (void)
 {
@@ -501,6 +526,7 @@ gst_buffer_list_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_get_writable);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_calc_size);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_new_sized_0);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_multiple_mutable_buffer_references);
 
   return s;
 }