diff --git a/common b/common
index 710d453582..0546e5881d 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 710d453582f386bd76a3355617ac019561cb2039
+Subproject commit 0546e5881d1ec7137c71d35247729e28c1a4ab66
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1be2af931e..83fd6efd24 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -658,8 +658,10 @@ dnl vars common to for all internal objects (core libs, elements, applications)
 dnl CFLAGS:
 dnl - src and build dirs need to be added because every piece that gets built
 dnl   will need the GStreamer source and generated headers
-GST_ALL_CXXFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir)/libs -I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir)/libs -I\$(top_builddir) $GLIB_CFLAGS $GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CXXFLAGS) \$(ERROR_CXXFLAGS)"
-GST_ALL_CFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir)/libs -I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir)/libs -I\$(top_builddir) $GLIB_CFLAGS $GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS) \$(ERROR_CFLAGS)"
+dnl LIBS: XML doesn't need to be added because we don't explicitly use symbols
+dnl       from LibXML except for in the core library
+GST_ALL_CXXFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir)/libs -I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir)/libs -I\$(top_builddir) $GLIB_CFLAGS $(GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS) $XML_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CXXFLAGS) \$(ERROR_CXXFLAGS)"
+GST_ALL_CFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir)/libs -I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir)/libs -I\$(top_builddir) $GLIB_CFLAGS \$(GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS) $XML_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS) \$(ERROR_CFLAGS)"
 
 dnl FIXME: check if LTLIBINTL is needed everywhere
 dnl I presume it is given that it contains the symbols that _() stuff maps to
diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c b/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c
index b340ecc526..7d54acf642 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ done:
 GList *
 gst_adapter_take_list (GstAdapter * adapter, gsize nbytes)
 {
-  GList *result = NULL, *tail = NULL;
+  GQueue queue = G_QUEUE_INIT;
   GstBuffer *cur;
   gsize hsize, skip;
 
@@ -797,15 +797,11 @@ gst_adapter_take_list (GstAdapter * adapter, gsize nbytes)
 
     cur = gst_adapter_take_buffer (adapter, hsize);
 
-    if (result == NULL) {
-      result = tail = g_list_append (result, cur);
-    } else {
-      tail = g_list_append (tail, cur);
-      tail = g_list_next (tail);
-    }
+    g_queue_push_tail (&queue, cur);
+
     nbytes -= hsize;
   }
-  return result;
+  return queue.head;
 }
 
 /**