diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index 69c308fc60..815de734ff 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -990,6 +990,8 @@ gst_decode_bin_update_factories_list (GstDecodeBin * dbin)
 static void
 gst_decode_bin_init (GstDecodeBin * decode_bin)
 {
+  GST_OBJECT_FLAG_SET (decode_bin, GST_BIN_FLAG_NO_RESYNC);
+
   /* first filter out the interesting element factories */
   decode_bin->factories_lock = g_mutex_new ();