diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ee857e473..fc580f7316 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-12-31  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* tests/examples/seek/seek.c: (stop_cb):
+	Make sure we reset the slider value to 0.0 without racing against a
+	possible g_idle that sets it to something else.
+
 2007-12-31  Thijs Vermeir  <thijsvermeir@gmail.com>
 
 	* sys/ximage/ximagesink.c:
diff --git a/tests/examples/seek/seek.c b/tests/examples/seek/seek.c
index 876a736cbd..fb6dddeba4 100644
--- a/tests/examples/seek/seek.c
+++ b/tests/examples/seek/seek.c
@@ -1352,10 +1352,11 @@ stop_cb (GtkButton * button, gpointer data)
     if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE)
       goto failed;
 
-    set_scale (0.0);
-
     state = GST_STATE_READY;
 
+    set_update_scale (FALSE);
+    set_scale (0.0);
+
     /* if one uses parse_launch, play, stop and play again it fails as all the
      * pads after the demuxer can't be reconnected
      */