diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 45dd2a5602..d23a8ebf13 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-11  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	* ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c: (gst_xvidenc_init):
+	Unset GValues after using them. Fixes bug #515720.
+
 2008-02-11  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	* tests/check/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c b/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c
index 17aae98bac..5407efc111 100644
--- a/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c
+++ b/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ gst_xvidenc_init (GstXvidEnc * xvidenc)
     g_param_value_set_default (pspec, &val);
     g_object_set_property (G_OBJECT (xvidenc), g_param_spec_get_name (pspec),
         &val);
+    g_value_unset (&val);
   }
 
   g_free (pspecs);