diff --git a/gst/gsttaskpool.c b/gst/gsttaskpool.c
index 8344d9ad81..a07820ffdd 100644
--- a/gst/gsttaskpool.c
+++ b/gst/gsttaskpool.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include "gstinfo.h"
 #include "gsttaskpool.h"
+#include "gsterror.h"
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (taskpool_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT (taskpool_debug)
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ static void
 default_prepare (GstTaskPool * pool, GError ** error)
 {
   GST_OBJECT_LOCK (pool);
-  pool->pool = g_thread_pool_new ((GFunc) default_func, pool, -1, FALSE, NULL);
+  pool->pool = g_thread_pool_new ((GFunc) default_func, pool, -1, FALSE, error);
   GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pool);
 }
 
@@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ default_push (GstTaskPool * pool, GstTaskPoolFunction func,
     g_thread_pool_push (pool->pool, tdata, error);
   else {
     g_slice_free (TaskData, tdata);
+    g_set_error_literal (error, GST_CORE_ERROR, GST_CORE_ERROR_FAILED,
+        "No thread pool");
+
   }
   GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pool);