diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bcd4b93a66..5b9a1ee4df 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-13  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c: (gst_real_audio_dec_probe_modules):
+	Disable sipro on 64bits, it crashes.
+
 2008-06-13  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c: (gst_real_audio_dec_chain),
diff --git a/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c b/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c
index bb07de9dc6..1a94a77b29 100644
--- a/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c
+++ b/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c
@@ -359,9 +359,14 @@ gst_real_audio_dec_probe_modules (GstRealAudioDec * dec)
   if ((dec->valid_ra28_8 =
           open_library (dec, GST_REAL_AUDIO_DEC_VERSION_28_8, &dummy)))
     close_library (dec, &dummy);
+#ifdef HAVE_CPU_X86_64
+  /* disabled because it does not seem to work on 64 bits */
+  dec->valid_sipr = FALSE;
+#else
   if ((dec->valid_sipr =
           open_library (dec, GST_REAL_AUDIO_DEC_VERSION_SIPR, &dummy)))
     close_library (dec, &dummy);
+#endif
   if ((dec->valid_cook =
           open_library (dec, GST_REAL_AUDIO_DEC_VERSION_COOK, &dummy)))
     close_library (dec, &dummy);