diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 57ac651a7c..c7c5fc81e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-19  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
+
+	* libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c: (gst_base_src_default_do_seek);
+	  Remove duplicated assignment and log a message in failure case.
+
 2008-10-19  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim.muller at collabora co uk>
 
 	Patch by: Dig Ge <dig.ge.cn at gmail com>
diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c b/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
index 92e01e765e..1e02c0a56d 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
@@ -986,9 +986,10 @@ gst_base_src_default_do_seek (GstBaseSrc * src, GstSegment * segment)
   } else if (segment->start == 0) {
     /* seek to start, we can implement a default for this. */
     segment->time = 0;
-    res = TRUE;
-  } else
+  } else {
     res = FALSE;
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (src, "Can't do a default seek");
+  }
 
   return res;
 }