diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a9ffc5fa37..176efd2109 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-04  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* gst/gstpad.c: (fixate_value):
+	Don't crash when trying to fixate and empty list.
+	Fixes #506643.
+
 2008-01-03  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	* docs/faq/gst-uninstalled:
diff --git a/gst/gstpad.c b/gst/gstpad.c
index 1dca9ec112..eaac96892e 100644
--- a/gst/gstpad.c
+++ b/gst/gstpad.c
@@ -2120,7 +2120,12 @@ fixate_value (GValue * dest, const GValue * src)
   } else if (G_VALUE_TYPE (src) == GST_TYPE_LIST) {
     GValue temp = { 0 };
 
+    /* list could be empty */
+    if (gst_value_list_get_size (src) <= 0)
+      return FALSE;
+
     gst_value_init_and_copy (&temp, gst_value_list_get_value (src, 0));
+
     if (!fixate_value (dest, &temp))
       gst_value_init_and_copy (dest, &temp);
     g_value_unset (&temp);