diff --git a/tests/check/elements/shm.c b/tests/check/elements/shm.c
index 0ff98f803e..e8b1d73e88 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/shm.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/shm.c
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_shm_sysmem_alloc)
 {
   GstBuffer *buf;
   GstState state, pending;
+  GstSegment segment;
+
+  gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_stream_start ("test"));
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_BYTES);
+  gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_segment (&segment));
 
   buf = gst_buffer_new_allocate (NULL, 1000, NULL);
 
@@ -116,6 +121,12 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_shm_alloc)
   GstAllocator *alloc;
   GstAllocationParams params;
   guint size;
+  GstSegment segment;
+
+  gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_stream_start ("test"));
+  gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_caps (caps));
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_BYTES);
+  gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_segment (&segment));
 
   query = gst_query_new_allocation (caps, FALSE);
   gst_caps_unref (caps);