diff --git a/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c b/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
index 7f1da1e4bc..782244e0dc 100644
--- a/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
+++ b/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ gst_vp8_dec_send_tags (GstVP8Dec * dec)
       GST_TAG_VIDEO_CODEC, "VP8 video", NULL);
 
   gst_pad_push_event (GST_VIDEO_DECODER_SRC_PAD (dec),
-      gst_event_new_tag (list));
+      gst_event_new_tag ("GstDecoder", list));
 }
 
 static void