diff --git a/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h b/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h
index f486aa266f..106c7f8636 100644
--- a/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h
+++ b/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static void __testname (int __i__)\
   GST_DEBUG ("test start"); \
   tcase_fn_start (""# __testname, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 
-#define GST_END_TEST gst_task_cleanup_all (); \
+#define GST_END_TEST GST_LOG ("cleaning up tasks"); \
+                     gst_task_cleanup_all (); \
                      END_TEST
 #else
 #define GST_START_TEST(__testname) \
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ static void __testname ()\
   GST_DEBUG ("test start"); \
   tcase_fn_start (""# __testname, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 
-#define GST_END_TEST gst_task_cleanup_all (); \
+#define GST_END_TEST GST_LOG ("cleaning up tasks"); \
+                     gst_task_cleanup_all (); \
                      END_TEST
 #endif