diff --git a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c
index 900c1444b6..3a29bc9703 100644
--- a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c
+++ b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c
@@ -234,14 +234,14 @@ gst_qa_report_area_get_name (GstQaReportArea area)
   }
 }
 
-static void
+void
 gst_qa_report_check_abort (GstQaReport * report)
 {
-  if ((report->issue->default_level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE &&
+  if ((report->level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE &&
           _gst_qa_flags & GST_QA_FATAL_ISSUES) ||
-      (report->issue->default_level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING &&
+      (report->level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING &&
           _gst_qa_flags & GST_QA_FATAL_WARNINGS) ||
-      (report->issue->default_level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL &&
+      (report->level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL &&
           _gst_qa_flags & GST_QA_FATAL_CRITICALS)) {
     g_error ("Fatal report received: %" GST_QA_ERROR_REPORT_PRINT_FORMAT,
         GST_QA_REPORT_PRINT_ARGS (report));
@@ -264,9 +264,7 @@ gst_qa_report_new (GstQaIssue * issue, GstQaReporter * reporter,
   report->reporter = reporter;  /* TODO should we ref? */
   report->message = g_strdup (message);
   report->timestamp = gst_util_get_timestamp () - _gst_qa_report_start_time;
-
-  /* we might abort here if asked */
-  gst_qa_report_check_abort (report);
+  report->level = issue->default_level;
 
   return report;
 }
diff --git a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h
index da516c951b..993fee059a 100644
--- a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h
+++ b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
   /* issue: The issue this report corresponds to (to get dsecription, summary,...) */
   GstQaIssue *issue;
+
+  GstQaReportLevel level;
  
   /* The reporter that reported the issue (to get names, info, ...) */
   GstQaReporter *reporter;
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ GstQaReport *      gst_qa_report_ref   (GstQaReport * report);
 
 GstQaIssueId       gst_qa_report_get_issue_id (GstQaReport * report);
 
+void               gst_qa_report_check_abort (GstQaReport * report);
 void               gst_qa_report_printf (GstQaReport * report);
 
 
diff --git a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c
index 4f754228d9..7dedef162c 100644
--- a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c
+++ b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ gst_qa_reporter_get_priv (GstQaReporter * reporter)
   return priv;
 }
 
+static void
+gst_qa_reporter_intercept_report (GstQaReporter * reporter,
+    GstQaReport * report)
+{
+  GstQaReporterInterface *iface = GST_QA_REPORTER_GET_INTERFACE (reporter);
+
+  if (iface->intercept_report) {
+    iface->intercept_report (reporter, report);
+  }
+}
+
 void
 gst_qa_report_valist (GstQaReporter * reporter,
     GstQaIssueId issue_id, const gchar * format, va_list var_args)
@@ -87,6 +98,8 @@ gst_qa_report_valist (GstQaReporter * reporter,
   message = g_strdup_vprintf (format, var_args);
   report = gst_qa_report_new (issue, reporter, message);
 
+  gst_qa_reporter_intercept_report (reporter, report);
+
   if (issue->repeat == FALSE) {
     GstQaIssueId issue_id = gst_qa_issue_get_id (issue);
 
@@ -98,11 +111,11 @@ gst_qa_report_valist (GstQaReporter * reporter,
     g_hash_table_insert (priv->reports, (gpointer) issue_id, report);
   }
 
-  if (issue->default_level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL)
+  if (report->level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL)
     GST_ERROR ("<%s>: %s", priv->name, message);
-  else if (issue->default_level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING)
+  else if (report->level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING)
     GST_WARNING ("<%s>: %s", priv->name, message);
-  else if (issue->default_level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE)
+  else if (report->level == GST_QA_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE)
     GST_LOG ("<%s>: %s", priv->name, message);
   else
     GST_DEBUG ("<%s>: %s", priv->name, message);
@@ -110,6 +123,7 @@ gst_qa_report_valist (GstQaReporter * reporter,
   GST_INFO_OBJECT (reporter, "Received error report %" GST_QA_ISSUE_FORMAT
       " : %s", GST_QA_ISSUE_ARGS (issue), message);
   gst_qa_report_printf (report);
+  gst_qa_report_check_abort (report);
 
   if (priv->runner) {
     gst_qa_runner_add_report (priv->runner, report);
diff --git a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h
index ff82b18eab..3490149d6e 100644
--- a/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h
+++ b/validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ GType gst_qa_reporter_get_type (void);
 struct _GstQaReporterInterface
 {
   GTypeInterface parent;
+
+  void (*intercept_report)(GstQaReporter * reporter, GstQaReport * report);
 };
 
 void gst_qa_reporter_set_name            (GstQaReporter * reporter,