diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c
index 8b1de1f27b..4460f8b268 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ compare_streams (GstMediaDescriptor * ref, StreamNode * rstream,
       return 0;
     }
 
+    /* We ignore the return value on purpose as this is not critical */
     compare_tags (ref, rstream, cstream);
 
     return 1;