diff --git a/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c b/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c
index de2b2687a5..eccc748fab 100644
--- a/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c
+++ b/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static void
 gst_inter_audio_src_init (GstInterAudioSrc * interaudiosrc,
     GstInterAudioSrcClass * interaudiosrc_class)
 {
-
+  gst_base_src_set_format (GST_BASE_SRC (interaudiosrc), GST_FORMAT_TIME);
   gst_base_src_set_live (GST_BASE_SRC (interaudiosrc), TRUE);
   gst_base_src_set_blocksize (GST_BASE_SRC (interaudiosrc), -1);