diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c b/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
index 4c3b4e7a27..850516dba3 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ gst_base_src_get_type (void)
   }
   return base_src_type;
 }
+
 static GstCaps *gst_base_src_getcaps (GstPad * pad);
 static gboolean gst_base_src_setcaps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps);
 static void gst_base_src_fixate (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps);
@@ -2405,6 +2406,8 @@ gst_base_src_default_negotiate (GstBaseSrc * basesrc)
       }
     }
     gst_caps_unref (caps);
+  } else {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (basesrc, "no common caps");
   }
   return result;
 
diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c b/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c
index 2b0c42a015..fbcc435e9d 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c
@@ -491,7 +491,10 @@ gst_base_transform_transform_caps (GstBaseTransform * trans,
       }
       GST_LOG_OBJECT (trans, "merged: (%d)", gst_caps_get_size (ret));
       /* we can't do much simplification here because we don't really want to
-       * change the caps order */
+       * change the caps order
+       gst_caps_do_simplify (ret);
+       GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "simplified: (%d)", gst_caps_get_size (ret));
+       */
     }
   } else {
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "identity from: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);