diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index 6e6b1becb4..94ebda98f5 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ remove_error_filter (GstDecodeBin * dbin, GstElement * element,
       if (error)
         gst_message_replace (error, msg);
       gst_message_unref (msg);
-      l = g_list_delete_link (dbin->filtered_errors, l);
+      l = dbin->filtered_errors = g_list_delete_link (dbin->filtered_errors, l);
     } else {
       l = l->next;
     }