diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
index af2046a6aa..45de5f5994 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
@@ -2200,11 +2200,14 @@ gst_discoverer_info_to_variant (GstDiscovererInfo * info,
   /* FIXME: implement TOC support */
   GVariant *stream_variant;
   GVariant *variant;
-  GstDiscovererStreamInfo *sinfo = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_info (info);
+  GstDiscovererStreamInfo *sinfo;
   GVariant *wrapper;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_INFO (info), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (gst_discoverer_info_get_result (info) ==
+      GST_DISCOVERER_OK, NULL);
 
+  sinfo = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_info (info);
   stream_variant = gst_discoverer_info_to_variant_recurse (sinfo, flags);
   variant =
       g_variant_new ("(vv)", _serialize_info (info, flags), stream_variant);
diff --git a/tests/check/libs/discoverer.c b/tests/check/libs/discoverer.c
index 8fe5ecf5f9..aa2b9a9431 100644
--- a/tests/check/libs/discoverer.c
+++ b/tests/check/libs/discoverer.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_disco_serializing)
 
   info = gst_discoverer_discover_uri (dc, uri, &err);
   fail_unless (info);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_discoverer_info_get_result (info),
+      GST_DISCOVERER_OK);
   serialized =
       gst_discoverer_info_to_variant (info, GST_DISCOVERER_SERIALIZE_ALL);