diff --git a/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c b/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c
index 3e0b457cb2..7d3482ed83 100644
--- a/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c
+++ b/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c
@@ -1894,8 +1894,8 @@ gst_xvimagesink_xcontext_get (GstXvImageSink * xvimagesink)
 
       channel = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_COLOR_BALANCE_CHANNEL, NULL);
       channel->label = g_strdup (channels[i]);
-      channel->min_value = matching_attr ? matching_attr->min_value : -1000;
-      channel->max_value = matching_attr ? matching_attr->max_value : 1000;
+      channel->min_value = matching_attr->min_value;
+      channel->max_value = matching_attr->max_value;
 
       xcontext->channels_list = g_list_append (xcontext->channels_list,
           channel);