diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2441e4832..062d1040e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-01-13  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c:
+	(gst_audio_mixer_filter_do_filter):
+	  actually save the element we create
+
 2006-01-12  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* gst-libs/gst/cdda/gstcddabasesrc.c:
diff --git a/docs/libs/tmpl/gstcolorbalance.sgml b/docs/libs/tmpl/gstcolorbalance.sgml
index ccb0ae227b..7ac9f04e8f 100644
--- a/docs/libs/tmpl/gstcolorbalance.sgml
+++ b/docs/libs/tmpl/gstcolorbalance.sgml
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ interface for adjusting color balance settings
 </para>
 
 
-<!-- ##### SIGNAL GstColorBalance::value-changed ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@gstcolorbalance: the object which received the signal.
-@arg1: 
-@arg2: 
-
 <!-- ##### STRUCT GstColorBalanceClass ##### -->
 <para>
 
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c
index 9ffc9ac04c..5524ce63bd 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/mixerutils.c
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ gst_audio_mixer_filter_do_filter (GstAudioMixerFilterFunc filter_func,
     *p_element = NULL;
   }
 
-  /* create new element for further probing if the old one */
+  /* create new element for further probing if the old one was cleared */
   if (*p_element == NULL) {
-    gst_element_factory_create (factory, NULL);
+    *p_element = gst_element_factory_create (factory, NULL);
   }
 }