diff --git a/gst/cothreads.c b/gst/cothreads.c
index aa1af18ea2..022168b339 100644
--- a/gst/cothreads.c
+++ b/gst/cothreads.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ cothread_context_init (void)
   ctx->threads[0]->func = NULL;
   ctx->threads[0]->argc = 0;
   ctx->threads[0]->argv = NULL;
+  ctx->threads[0]->priv = NULL;
   ctx->threads[0]->flags = COTHREAD_STARTED;
   ctx->threads[0]->sp = (void *) CURRENT_STACK_FRAME;
   ctx->threads[0]->pc = 0;
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ cothread_create (cothread_context *ctx)
   thread->ctx = ctx;
   thread->threadnum = slot;
   thread->flags = 0;
+  thread->priv = NULL;
   thread->sp = ((guchar *) thread + COTHREAD_STACKSIZE);
   thread->top_sp = thread->sp; /* for debugging purposes to detect stack overruns */
 
diff --git a/gst/gstbin.c b/gst/gstbin.c
index dbd3159800..840f3c803d 100644
--- a/gst/gstbin.c
+++ b/gst/gstbin.c
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ gst_bin_remove (GstBin * bin, GstElement * element)
   gint state_idx = 0;
   GstElementState state;
 
+  GST_DEBUG_ELEMENT (GST_CAT_PARENTAGE, bin, "trying to remove child %s\n", GST_ELEMENT_NAME (element));
+
   g_return_if_fail (bin != NULL);
   g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BIN (bin));
   g_return_if_fail (element != NULL);