diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 43a8467284..def3d79bf3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-24  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* sys/ximage/gstximagesrc.c: (composite_pixel):
+	  Fix presumably copy'n'pasto for 16bpp depth.
+
 2006-12-24  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c:
diff --git a/sys/ximage/gstximagesrc.c b/sys/ximage/gstximagesrc.c
index 720c1e3499..95dfae8942 100644
--- a/sys/ximage/gstximagesrc.c
+++ b/sys/ximage/gstximagesrc.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ composite_pixel (GstXContext * xcontext, guchar * dest, guchar * src)
       color = *dest;
       break;
     case 16:
-      color = GUINT16_FROM_LE (*(guint32 *) (dest));
+      color = GUINT16_FROM_LE (*(guint16 *) (dest));
       break;
     case 32:
       color = GUINT32_FROM_LE (*(guint32 *) (dest));