diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 64f145b721..7312e3894b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-28  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>
+
+	* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiofilter.c: (gst_audiofilter_link):
+	fix build
+
 2004-10-28  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiofilter.c: (gst_audiofilter_link):
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiofilter.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiofilter.c
index da0064d3df..70ae6bf985 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiofilter.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiofilter.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ gst_audiofilter_link (GstPad * pad, const GstCaps * caps)
   audiofilter = GST_AUDIOFILTER (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
   audiofilter_class = GST_AUDIOFILTER_CLASS (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (audiofilter));
 
-
+  ret = GST_PAD_LINK_DELAYED;   /* intialise with dummy value */
   if (pad == audiofilter->srcpad) {
     link_ret = gst_pad_try_set_caps (audiofilter->sinkpad, caps);
   } else {