diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e95eeaa452..24321c9a8b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-12-01  William Jon McCann  <mccann@jhu.edu>
+
+	Reviewed by: Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
+
+	* gst/gstelement.c: (gst_element_error_full):
+	  Use g_error_new_literal because error text may have
+	  percentage signs in it. Fixes #160019.
+
 2004-12-01  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* gst/elements/gstbufferstore.c:
diff --git a/gst/gstelement.c b/gst/gstelement.c
index 0d8c1b7f3d..65dbd6f98f 100644
--- a/gst/gstelement.c
+++ b/gst/gstelement.c
@@ -2547,7 +2547,7 @@ void gst_element_error_full
   /* create error message */
   GST_CAT_INFO (GST_CAT_ERROR_SYSTEM, "signaling error in %s: %s",
       GST_ELEMENT_NAME (element), sent_message);
-  error = g_error_new (domain, code, sent_message);
+  error = g_error_new_literal (domain, code, sent_message);
 
   /* if the element was already in error, stop now */
   if (GST_FLAG_IS_SET (element, GST_ELEMENT_IN_ERROR)) {