diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstimagecapturebin.c b/gst/camerabin2/gstimagecapturebin.c
index 6334a8b3e2..242172aafe 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstimagecapturebin.c
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstimagecapturebin.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ gst_image_capture_bin_create_elements (GstImageCaptureBin * icbin)
   if (!sink)
     goto error;
 
-  g_object_set (sink, "location", "cap_%03d.jpg", NULL);
+  g_object_set (sink, "location", "cap_%03d.jpg", "async", FALSE, NULL);
 
   /* add and link */
   gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN_CAST (icbin), csp, enc, mux, sink, NULL);
diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstvideorecordingbin.c b/gst/camerabin2/gstvideorecordingbin.c
index 4e5a8782d5..f4c423d82e 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstvideorecordingbin.c
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstvideorecordingbin.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ gst_video_recording_bin_create_elements (GstVideoRecordingBin * vrbin)
   if (!sink)
     goto error;
 
-  g_object_set (sink, "location", "cap.ogg", NULL);
+  g_object_set (sink, "location", "cap.ogg", "async", FALSE, NULL);
 
   /* add and link */
   gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN_CAST (vrbin), csp, enc, mux, sink, NULL);