diff --git a/ges/ges-base-xml-formatter.c b/ges/ges-base-xml-formatter.c
index 3741c41e8c3..6f81f948586 100644
--- a/ges/ges-base-xml-formatter.c
+++ b/ges/ges-base-xml-formatter.c
@@ -495,10 +495,11 @@ _set_child_property (GQuark field_id, const GValue * value,
   gst_object_unref (element);
 }
 
-void
+gboolean
 set_property_foreach (GQuark field_id, const GValue * value, GObject * object)
 {
   g_object_set_property (object, g_quark_to_string (field_id), value);
+  return TRUE;
 }
 
 static inline GESClip *
diff --git a/ges/ges-internal.h b/ges/ges-internal.h
index 119a58dac00..d5efad8b332 100644
--- a/ges/ges-internal.h
+++ b/ges/ges-internal.h
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ G_GNUC_INTERNAL void ges_base_xml_formatter_add_control_binding (GESBaseXmlForma
                                                                   const gchar *track_id,
                                                                   GSList * timed_values);
 
-G_GNUC_INTERNAL void set_property_foreach                       (GQuark field_id,
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL gboolean set_property_foreach                   (GQuark field_id,
                                                                  const GValue * value,
                                                                  GObject * object);;