diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
index 11bda7fe53..94d74dc9ec 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,8 @@ switch_stream (GstValidatePipelineMonitor * monitor, GstValidateAction * action,
 
   if (relative) {               /* We are changing track relatively to current track */
     index = (current + index) % n;
-  }
+  } else
+    index %= n;
 
   /* Add the new stream we want to switch to */
   s = streams[index];