diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89e268e6df..c1ad7aa5ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-20  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/elements/gstfilesink.c: (gst_file_sink_init):
+	  Set sync to FALSE by default.
+
 2005-09-20  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/base/gstbasesink.c: (gst_base_sink_class_init),
diff --git a/gst/elements/gstfilesink.c b/gst/elements/gstfilesink.c
index 596d768279..e529c0ecfc 100644
--- a/gst/elements/gstfilesink.c
+++ b/gst/elements/gstfilesink.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ gst_file_sink_init (GstFileSink * filesink, GstFileSinkClass * g_class)
 
   filesink->filename = NULL;
   filesink->file = NULL;
+
+  GST_BASE_SINK (filesink)->sync = FALSE;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c b/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c
index 596d768279..e529c0ecfc 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ gst_file_sink_init (GstFileSink * filesink, GstFileSinkClass * g_class)
 
   filesink->filename = NULL;
   filesink->file = NULL;
+
+  GST_BASE_SINK (filesink)->sync = FALSE;
 }
 
 static void