diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ec67061ede2..6d89fa5ed87 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-11  Edward Hervey  <edward.hervey@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* gst/level/gstlevel.c: (gst_level_message_new):
+	 Fix compilation (also known as the classic 'fix code that someone
+	 committed without compiling it first').
+
 2008-08-10  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 
 	* tests/check/elements/level.c:
diff --git a/gst/level/gstlevel.c b/gst/level/gstlevel.c
index d117fa36830..d4bdc4e0af6 100644
--- a/gst/level/gstlevel.c
+++ b/gst/level/gstlevel.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static GstMessage *
 gst_level_message_new (GstLevel * level, GstClockTime timestamp,
     GstClockTime duration)
 {
-  GstBaseTransform *trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_CAST (l);
+  GstBaseTransform *trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_CAST (level);
   GstStructure *s;
   GValue v = { 0, };
   GstClockTime endtime, running_time, stream_time;