diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c b/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
index af254eb95a..5ffed5a1bc 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static GstCaps
 /* stream methods */
 static void gst_matroska_demux_reset (GstElement * element);
 static gboolean perform_seek_to_offset (GstMatroskaDemux * demux,
-    guint64 offset);
+    gdouble rate, guint64 offset);
 
 /* gobject functions */
 static void gst_matroska_demux_set_property (GObject * object,
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ gst_matroska_demux_handle_seek_event (GstMatroskaDemux * demux,
     /* need to seek to cluster start to pick up cluster time */
     /* upstream takes care of flushing and all that
      * ... and segment event handling takes care of the rest */
-    return perform_seek_to_offset (demux,
+    return perform_seek_to_offset (demux, rate,
         entry->pos + demux->common.ebml_segment_start);
   }
 
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ gst_matroska_demux_handle_seek_push (GstMatroskaDemux * demux, GstPad * pad,
     if (!building_index) {
       /* seek to the first subindex or legacy index */
       GST_INFO_OBJECT (demux, "Seeking to Cues at %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, offset);
-      return perform_seek_to_offset (demux, offset);
+      return perform_seek_to_offset (demux, rate, offset);
     }
 
     /* well, we are handling it already */
@@ -4612,7 +4612,7 @@ pause:
  * Create and push a flushing seek event upstream
  */
 static gboolean
-perform_seek_to_offset (GstMatroskaDemux * demux, guint64 offset)
+perform_seek_to_offset (GstMatroskaDemux * demux, gdouble rate, guint64 offset)
 {
   GstEvent *event;
   gboolean res = 0;
@@ -4620,7 +4620,7 @@ perform_seek_to_offset (GstMatroskaDemux * demux, guint64 offset)
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "Seeking to %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, offset);
 
   event =
-      gst_event_new_seek (1.0, GST_FORMAT_BYTES,
+      gst_event_new_seek (rate, GST_FORMAT_BYTES,
       GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH | GST_SEEK_FLAG_ACCURATE, GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, offset,
       GST_SEEK_TYPE_NONE, -1);