diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
index 16b1bb884c..ae648d776c 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ gst_validate_report_load_issues (void)
       _("resulting file stream profiles didn't match expected values"), NULL);
   REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, FILE_TAG_DETECTION_INCORRECT,
       _("detected tags are different than expected ones"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, FILE_NO_STREAM_INFO,
+      _("the discoverer could not determine the stream info"), NULL);
   REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, FILE_NO_STREAM_ID,
       _("the discoverer found a stream that had no stream ID"), NULL);
 
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
index 807a217258..d93b526da7 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 #define STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE                     _QUARK("state::change-failure")
 
+#define FILE_NO_STREAM_INFO                      _QUARK("file-checking::no-stream-info")
 #define FILE_NO_STREAM_ID                        _QUARK("file-checking::no-stream-id")
 #define FILE_TAG_DETECTION_INCORRECT             _QUARK("file-checking::tag-detection-incorrect")
 #define FILE_SIZE_INCORRECT                      _QUARK("file-checking::size-incorrect")
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
index f282a9ea8e..12a772a20d 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
@@ -576,17 +576,22 @@ gst_media_descriptor_writer_new_discover (GstValidateRunner * runner,
 
   streaminfo = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_info (info);
 
-  if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_CONTAINER_INFO (streaminfo)) {
-    ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->caps =
-        gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (GST_DISCOVERER_STREAM_INFO
-        (streaminfo));
+  if (streaminfo) {
+    if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_CONTAINER_INFO (streaminfo)) {
+      ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->caps =
+          gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (GST_DISCOVERER_STREAM_INFO
+          (streaminfo));
 
-    streams = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_list (info);
-    for (tmp = streams; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
-      gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_stream (writer, tmp->data);
+      streams = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_list (info);
+      for (tmp = streams; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+        gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_stream (writer, tmp->data);
+      }
+    } else {
+      gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_stream (writer, streaminfo);
     }
   } else {
-    gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_stream (writer, streaminfo);
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (writer, FILE_NO_STREAM_INFO,
+        "Discoverer info, does not contain the stream info");
   }
 
   media_descriptor = (GstMediaDescriptor *) writer;