diff --git a/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c b/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
index 582c7119a0..b38031e257 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,8 @@ gen_source_element (GstURIDecodeBin * decoder)
   if (IS_BLACKLISTED_URI (decoder->uri))
     goto uri_blacklisted;
 
-  source = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SRC, decoder->uri, "source");
+  source =
+      gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SRC, decoder->uri, "source", NULL);
   if (!source)
     goto no_source;
 
diff --git a/tests/examples/encoding/encoding.c b/tests/examples/encoding/encoding.c
index 7c01a085a7..bbe5d4fcff 100644
--- a/tests/examples/encoding/encoding.c
+++ b/tests/examples/encoding/encoding.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ transcode_file (gchar * uri, gchar * outputuri, GstEncodingProfile * prof)
   g_print (" Input URI  : %s\n", uri);
   g_print (" Output URI : %s\n", outputuri);
 
-  sink = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SINK, outputuri, "sink");
+  sink = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SINK, outputuri, "sink", NULL);
   if (G_UNLIKELY (sink == NULL)) {
     g_print ("Can't create output sink, most likely invalid output URI !\n");
     return;