diff --git a/common b/common
index ee0bb43e2b..64f924f6f2 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ee0bb43e2b66781d04078e2210404da48f6c68f0
+Subproject commit 64f924f6f2ff6275b06facb4c2adbc7c05f70641
diff --git a/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c b/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c
index 775446bee7..38eaa9bcaf 100644
--- a/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c
+++ b/tests/icles/videocrop-test.c
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   GstCaps *filter_caps = NULL;
   GList *caps_list, *l;
 
+  if (!g_thread_supported ())
+    g_thread_init (NULL);
+
   /* command line option parsing */
   ctx = g_option_context_new ("");
   g_option_context_add_group (ctx, gst_init_get_option_group ());
@@ -163,8 +166,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     return -1;
   }
 
-  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
-
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (videocrop_test_debug, "videocroptest", 0, "vctest");
 
   loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);