diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c b/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
index f21a2aa6db..4a0f351ff0 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct _GstSingleQueue
   GstDataQueueSize max_size, extra_size;
   GstClockTime cur_time;
   gboolean is_eos;
+  gboolean flushing;
 
   /* Protected by global lock */
   guint32 nextid;               /* ID of the next object waiting to be pushed */
@@ -661,6 +662,8 @@ gst_single_queue_flush (GstMultiQueue * mq, GstSingleQueue * sq, gboolean flush)
     sq->srcresult = GST_FLOW_WRONG_STATE;
     gst_data_queue_set_flushing (sq->queue, TRUE);
 
+    sq->flushing = TRUE;
+
     /* wake up non-linked task */
     GST_LOG_OBJECT (mq, "SingleQueue %d : waking up eventually waiting task",
         sq->id);
@@ -685,6 +688,8 @@ gst_single_queue_flush (GstMultiQueue * mq, GstSingleQueue * sq, gboolean flush)
     sq->last_oldid = G_MAXUINT32;
     gst_data_queue_set_flushing (sq->queue, FALSE);
 
+    sq->flushing = FALSE;
+
     GST_LOG_OBJECT (mq, "SingleQueue %d : starting task", sq->id);
     result =
         gst_pad_start_task (sq->srcpad, (GstTaskFunction) gst_multi_queue_loop,
@@ -1025,6 +1030,9 @@ gst_multi_queue_loop (GstPad * pad)
 
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (mq, "SingleQueue %d : trying to pop an object", sq->id);
 
+  if (sq->flushing)
+    goto out_flushing;
+
   /* Get something from the queue, blocking until that happens, or we get
    * flushed */
   if (!(gst_data_queue_pop (sq->queue, &sitem)))
@@ -1077,6 +1085,11 @@ gst_multi_queue_loop (GstPad * pad)
         g_cond_wait (sq->turn, mq->qlock);
         mq->numwaiting--;
 
+        if (sq->flushing) {
+          GST_MULTI_QUEUE_MUTEX_UNLOCK (mq);
+          goto out_flushing;
+        }
+
         GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (mq, "queue %d woken from sleeping for not-linked "
             "wakeup with newid %u and highid %u", sq->id, newid, mq->highid);
       }
@@ -1094,6 +1107,9 @@ gst_multi_queue_loop (GstPad * pad)
     GST_MULTI_QUEUE_MUTEX_UNLOCK (mq);
   }
 
+  if (sq->flushing)
+    goto out_flushing;
+
   GST_LOG_OBJECT (mq, "BEFORE PUSHING sq->srcresult: %s",
       gst_flow_get_name (sq->srcresult));
 
@@ -1664,6 +1680,7 @@ gst_single_queue_new (GstMultiQueue * mqueue)
       (GstDataQueueFullCallback) single_queue_overrun_cb,
       (GstDataQueueEmptyCallback) single_queue_underrun_cb, sq);
   sq->is_eos = FALSE;
+  sq->flushing = FALSE;
   gst_segment_init (&sq->sink_segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
   gst_segment_init (&sq->src_segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);