diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d99eaa3122..e5b005d096 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-11  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* tests/check/gst/gstpad.c: (test_get_allowed_caps):
+	  Fix 'make check' too.
+
 2007-01-10  Andy Wingo  <wingo@pobox.com>
 
 	* docs/design/part-negotiation.txt: Fix a typo, add a couple
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstpad.c b/tests/check/gst/gstpad.c
index 4e1231a52d..8009b6cb5a 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstpad.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstpad.c
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_get_allowed_caps)
   ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_pad_get_allowed_caps ((GstPad *) buffer));
   gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
 
-  sink = gst_pad_new ("sink", GST_PAD_SINK);
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_pad_get_allowed_caps (sink));
-
   src = gst_pad_new ("src", GST_PAD_SRC);
   fail_if (src == NULL);
   caps = gst_pad_get_allowed_caps (src);
@@ -171,6 +168,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_get_allowed_caps)
 
   caps = gst_caps_from_string ("foo/bar");
 
+  sink = gst_pad_new ("sink", GST_PAD_SINK);
   gst_pad_set_caps (src, caps);
   gst_pad_set_caps (sink, caps);
   ASSERT_CAPS_REFCOUNT (caps, "caps", 3);