diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 28a12b8998..00ad24fe26 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-10-08  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c: (gst_decode_pad_activate):
+	Remove bogus assert, the decodepad could have been created inside an
+	already existing group.
+
 2008-10-08  Andy Wingo  <wingo@pobox.com>
 
 	* gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c (expose_pad): Fix typo: unset
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index 2b9ba9479e..1138f74f2e 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -2307,7 +2307,6 @@ gst_decode_pad_add_drained_check (GstDecodePad * dpad)
 static void
 gst_decode_pad_activate (GstDecodePad * dpad, GstDecodeGroup * group)
 {
-  g_return_if_fail (dpad->group == NULL);
   g_return_if_fail (group != NULL);
 
   dpad->group = group;