diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
index 4b2df82925..7c4ab4aeb9 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ gst_audio_encoder_finish_frame (GstAudioEncoder * enc, GstBuffer * buf,
     priv->pending_events = NULL;
 
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (enc, "Pushing pending events");
-    for (l = priv->pending_events; l; l = l->next)
+    for (l = pending_events; l; l = l->next)
       gst_pad_push_event (enc->srcpad, l->data);
     g_list_free (pending_events);
   }