diff --git a/gst/gstvalue.c b/gst/gstvalue.c
index d18e9cec0b..2c28214b67 100644
--- a/gst/gstvalue.c
+++ b/gst/gstvalue.c
@@ -1206,11 +1206,11 @@ gst_value_compare_g_value_array (const GValue * value1, const GValue * value2)
   guint i;
   GValueArray *array1 = value1->data[0].v_pointer;
   GValueArray *array2 = value2->data[0].v_pointer;
-  guint len = array1->n_values;
+  guint len = array1 ? array1->n_values : 0;
   GValue *v1;
   GValue *v2;
 
-  if (len != array2->n_values)
+  if (len != (array2 ? array2->n_values : 0))
     return GST_VALUE_UNORDERED;
 
   for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c b/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c
index adbcc2e4b4..707251b131 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c
@@ -1020,6 +1020,15 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_value_compare)
   g_value_unset (&value2);
   g_value_unset (&tmp);
 
+  g_value_init (&value1, G_TYPE_VALUE_ARRAY);
+  g_value_init (&value2, G_TYPE_VALUE_ARRAY);
+
+  fail_unless (gst_value_compare (&value1, &value2) == GST_VALUE_EQUAL,
+      "Empty Value arrays aren't equals when they should");
+
+  g_value_unset (&value1);
+  g_value_unset (&value2);
+
   g_value_init (&value1, GST_TYPE_BITMASK);
   gst_value_set_bitmask (&value1, 0x123);
   g_value_init (&value2, GST_TYPE_BITMASK);