diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 394dc067dd..30b6eae13d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-06-15  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
+
+	* gst/playback/gstqueue2.c:
+	  Fix compile error from ignored return value.
+
 2007-06-15  Michael Smith <msmith@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/videoscale/vs_4tap.c: (vs_image_scale_4tap_Y):
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c b/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c
index a221e68a13..285decc0fd 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c
@@ -767,13 +767,18 @@ gst_queue_write_buffer_to_file (GstQueue * queue, GstBuffer * buffer)
 {
   guint size;
   guint8 *data;
+  int ret;
 
   fseek (queue->temp_file, queue->writing_pos, SEEK_SET);
 
   data = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
   size = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer);
 
-  fwrite (data, 1, size, queue->temp_file);
+  ret = fwrite (data, 1, size, queue->temp_file);
+  if (ret < size) {
+    /* FIXME do something useful here */
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (queue, "fwrite returned error");
+  }
   queue->writing_pos += size;
 }