diff --git a/gst/avi/gstavidemux.c b/gst/avi/gstavidemux.c
index c59396eb28..1d20e61df3 100644
--- a/gst/avi/gstavidemux.c
+++ b/gst/avi/gstavidemux.c
@@ -4166,7 +4166,7 @@ gst_avi_demux_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf)
   if (G_UNLIKELY (avi->abort_buffering)) {
     avi->abort_buffering = FALSE;
     res = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
-    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (avi, STREAM, DEMUX, NULL, ("unhandled buffer size"));
+    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (avi, STREAM, DEMUX, (NULL), ("unhandled buffer size"));
   }
 
   return res;
diff --git a/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c b/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
index 4b8a33f98f..892be7a209 100644
--- a/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
+++ b/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ done:
     wav->abort_buffering = FALSE;
     ret = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
     /* sort of demux/parse error */
-    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (wav, STREAM, DEMUX, NULL, ("unhandled buffer size"));
+    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (wav, STREAM, DEMUX, (NULL), ("unhandled buffer size"));
   }
 
   return ret;