diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 70f6953317..5a3b1de193 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-08-26  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
+
+	* gst/gstutils.c: Remove check in gst_pad_query_convert() that
+	  src_val must be positive, because that's not a requirement.
+	  This causes problems with converting negative granulepos
+	  values for Dirac.
+
 2008-08-25  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/gstclock.c: (gst_clock_add_observation):
diff --git a/gst/gstutils.c b/gst/gstutils.c
index a48b84942c..b28f6a1370 100644
--- a/gst/gstutils.c
+++ b/gst/gstutils.c
@@ -2788,7 +2788,6 @@ gst_pad_query_convert (GstPad * pad, GstFormat src_format, gint64 src_val,
   gboolean ret;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_PAD (pad), FALSE);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (src_val >= 0, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (dest_format != NULL, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (dest_val != NULL, FALSE);