diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d0c72a2e4a..aaeeae87a2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-11  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+
+	* gst/gstbase.override:
+	Unroll the GIL state in an error case where it was missing.
+
 2007-04-11  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
 
 	* gst/gstpad.override:
diff --git a/gst/gstbase.override b/gst/gstbase.override
index 639ca47a04..b1db83dace 100644
--- a/gst/gstbase.override
+++ b/gst/gstbase.override
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ _wrap_GstBaseSink__proxy_do_get_times (GstBaseSink * self,
     if (!py_self) {
         if (PyErr_Occurred())
             PyErr_Print();
+	pyg_gil_state_release(__py_state);
 	return;
     }