diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3cc40f08a4..705a6b6e21 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-25  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
+
+	* gst/gstelement.c: (gst_element_change_state):
+	  fix assertion to do an int comparison
+
 2004-04-25  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* gst/elements/gstfilesrc.c: (gst_filesrc_open_file):
diff --git a/gst/gstelement.c b/gst/gstelement.c
index 9d297c95ac..8918427d8a 100644
--- a/gst/gstelement.c
+++ b/gst/gstelement.c
@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ gst_element_change_state (GstElement * element)
   switch (old_transition) {
     case GST_STATE_PLAYING_TO_PAUSED:
       if (element->clock) {
-        GstClockTime time = gst_clock_get_event_time (element->clock);
+        GstClockTimeDiff time = gst_clock_get_event_time (element->clock);
 
         g_assert (time >= element->base_time);
         element->base_time = time - element->base_time;