diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e01307b91f..7fa0383c2e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-11-22  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+
+	* gst/gstvalue.c: (gst_value_collect_fraction_range):
+	If needed, allocate storage in the destination value during
+	collection.
+
 2005-11-22  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
 
 	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
diff --git a/gst/gstvalue.c b/gst/gstvalue.c
index 9454da106a..edb7aedb4a 100644
--- a/gst/gstvalue.c
+++ b/gst/gstvalue.c
@@ -956,9 +956,14 @@ gst_value_collect_fraction_range (GValue * value, guint n_collect_values,
   if (n_collect_values != 4)
     return g_strdup_printf ("not enough value locations for `%s' passed",
         G_VALUE_TYPE_NAME (value));
-  if (vals == NULL)
-    return g_strdup_printf ("Uninitialised `%s' passed",
-        G_VALUE_TYPE_NAME (value));
+  if (vals == NULL) {
+    value->data[0].v_pointer = vals = g_new0 (GValue, 2);
+    if (vals == NULL)
+      return g_strdup_printf ("Could not initialise`%s' during collect",
+          G_VALUE_TYPE_NAME (value));
+    g_value_init (&vals[0], GST_TYPE_FRACTION);
+    g_value_init (&vals[1], GST_TYPE_FRACTION);
+  }
 
   gst_value_set_fraction (&vals[0], collect_values[0].v_int,
       collect_values[1].v_int);