diff --git a/common b/common
index c6bd62c43f..1a826743b0 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c6bd62c43f01b2012d81dfa61dd58777c41de07a
+Subproject commit 1a826743b023d38a14e16cf1b3fb85eabdbb65d6
diff --git a/gst/gstelement.c b/gst/gstelement.c
index df4984b82d..18bd15210b 100644
--- a/gst/gstelement.c
+++ b/gst/gstelement.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ gst_element_get_compatible_pad_template (GstElement *element, GstPadTemplate *co
   GstPadTemplate *newtempl = NULL;
   GList *padlist;
 
-  GST_DEBUG(GST_CAT_ELEMENT_PADS,"gst_element_get_pad_template_by_compatible()");
+  GST_DEBUG(GST_CAT_ELEMENT_PADS,"gst_element_get_compatible_pad_template()");
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (element != NULL, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT (element), NULL);
diff --git a/gst/gstpad.c b/gst/gstpad.c
index f6f56b9857..f6730d8011 100644
--- a/gst/gstpad.c
+++ b/gst/gstpad.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ gst_pad_new (const gchar *name,
 {
   return gst_pad_custom_new (gst_real_pad_get_type (), name, direction);
 }
+
 /**
  * gst_pad_custom_new_from_template:
  * @type: the custom GType for this pad
diff --git a/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c b/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c
index fa46921622..809f0e8763 100644
--- a/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c
+++ b/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c
@@ -467,16 +467,20 @@ gst_xml_registry_open_func (GstXMLRegistry *registry, GstXMLRegistryMode mode)
     g_return_val_if_fail (gst_registry->flags & GST_REGISTRY_READABLE, FALSE);
 
     if (!plugin_times_older_than (paths, get_time (registry->location))) {
-      GST_INFO (GST_CAT_GST_INIT, "Registry out of date, rebuilding...");
-      
-      gst_registry_rebuild (gst_registry);
-
       if (gst_registry->flags & GST_REGISTRY_WRITABLE) {
+        GST_INFO (GST_CAT_GST_INIT, "Registry out of date, rebuilding...");
+      
+        gst_registry_rebuild (gst_registry);
+
         gst_registry_save (gst_registry);
+
         if (!plugin_times_older_than (paths, get_time (registry->location))) {
           GST_INFO (GST_CAT_GST_INIT, "Registry still out of date, something is wrong...");
           return FALSE;
         }
+      } else {
+        GST_INFO (GST_CAT_PLUGIN_LOADING, "Can't write to this registry and it's out of date, ignoring it");
+        return FALSE;
       }
     }