diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8b41214214..9b1e37567f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-04-20  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/debug/progressreport.c: (gst_progress_report_report):
+	  Don't try to post NULL message (in case we can't query upstream
+	  position or duration).
+
 2007-04-18  Michael Smith  <msmith@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/cutter/gstcutter.c: (gst_cutter_init), (gst_cutter_chain),
diff --git a/common b/common
index dae6fa1f59..765d03a884 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dae6fa1f592c9231820c2135b8b1b3c2b0875ef6
+Subproject commit 765d03a88492fb4ac81d70457f671f3a109e93de
diff --git a/gst/debug/progressreport.c b/gst/debug/progressreport.c
index 2650a239ca..f36b12ce15 100644
--- a/gst/debug/progressreport.c
+++ b/gst/debug/progressreport.c
@@ -358,7 +358,9 @@ gst_progress_report_report (GstProgressReport * filter, GTimeVal cur_time)
   filter->pending_msg = NULL;
   GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (filter);
 
-  gst_element_post_message (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (filter), msg);
+  if (msg) {
+    gst_element_post_message (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (filter), msg);
+  }
 }
 
 static gboolean