diff --git a/ext/sidplay/gstsiddec.cc b/ext/sidplay/gstsiddec.cc
index 3c47565a5b..17b611be05 100644
--- a/ext/sidplay/gstsiddec.cc
+++ b/ext/sidplay/gstsiddec.cc
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ update_tags (GstSidDec * siddec)
       gst_tag_list_add (list, GST_TAG_MERGE_REPLACE,
           GST_TAG_COPYRIGHT, info.copyrightString, (void *) NULL);
     }
-    gst_pad_push_event (siddec->srcpad, gst_event_new_tag (list));
+    gst_pad_push_event (siddec->srcpad, gst_event_new_tag ("GstDecoder", list));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c b/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c
index 77e95601a7..51c421e05b 100644
--- a/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c
+++ b/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ gst_asf_demux_push_complete_payloads (GstASFDemux * demux, gboolean force)
 
       GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "global tags: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, demux->taglist);
       gst_asf_demux_send_event_unlocked (demux,
-          gst_event_new_tag (demux->taglist));
+          gst_event_new_tag ("GstDemuxer", demux->taglist));
       demux->taglist = NULL;
 
       demux->need_newsegment = FALSE;
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ gst_asf_demux_push_complete_payloads (GstASFDemux * demux, gboolean force)
     if (G_UNLIKELY (stream->pending_tags)) {
       GST_LOG_OBJECT (stream->pad, "%" GST_PTR_FORMAT, stream->pending_tags);
       gst_pad_push_event (stream->pad,
-          gst_event_new_tag (stream->pending_tags));
+          gst_event_new_tag ("GstDemuxer", stream->pending_tags));
       stream->pending_tags = NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/gst/dvdlpcmdec/gstdvdlpcmdec.c b/gst/dvdlpcmdec/gstdvdlpcmdec.c
index b46d512230..f97a475c7e 100644
--- a/gst/dvdlpcmdec/gstdvdlpcmdec.c
+++ b/gst/dvdlpcmdec/gstdvdlpcmdec.c
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ gst_dvdlpcmdec_send_tags (GstDvdLpcmDec * dvdlpcmdec)
   taglist = gst_tag_list_new (GST_TAG_AUDIO_CODEC, "LPCM Audio",
       GST_TAG_BITRATE, bitrate, NULL);
 
-  gst_pad_push_event (dvdlpcmdec->srcpad, gst_event_new_tag (taglist));
+  gst_pad_push_event (dvdlpcmdec->srcpad, gst_event_new_tag ("GstDecoder",
+          taglist));
 }
 
 static gboolean
diff --git a/gst/realmedia/rademux.c b/gst/realmedia/rademux.c
index fb13309d66..0260c582a6 100644
--- a/gst/realmedia/rademux.c
+++ b/gst/realmedia/rademux.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ gst_real_audio_demux_parse_data (GstRealAudioDemux * demux)
 
     if (demux->pending_tags) {
       gst_pad_push_event (demux->srcpad,
-          gst_event_new_tag (demux->pending_tags));
+          gst_event_new_tag ("GstDemuxer", demux->pending_tags));
       demux->pending_tags = NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/gst/realmedia/rmdemux.c b/gst/realmedia/rmdemux.c
index b57318dd01..e2ed8ac106 100644
--- a/gst/realmedia/rmdemux.c
+++ b/gst/realmedia/rmdemux.c
@@ -2619,14 +2619,15 @@ gst_rmdemux_parse_packet (GstRMDemux * rmdemux, GstBuffer * in, guint16 version)
 
     if (rmdemux->pending_tags != NULL) {
       gst_rmdemux_send_event (rmdemux,
-          gst_event_new_tag (rmdemux->pending_tags));
+          gst_event_new_tag ("GstDemuxer", rmdemux->pending_tags));
       rmdemux->pending_tags = NULL;
     }
   }
 
   if (stream->pending_tags != NULL) {
     GST_LOG_OBJECT (stream->pad, "tags %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, stream->pending_tags);
-    gst_pad_push_event (stream->pad, gst_event_new_tag (stream->pending_tags));
+    gst_pad_push_event (stream->pad, gst_event_new_tag ("GstDemuxer",
+            stream->pending_tags));
     stream->pending_tags = NULL;
   }