diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index f3913e8edf..89ef818a58 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -1042,8 +1042,6 @@ gst_decode_bin_update_factories_list (GstDecodeBin * dbin)
 static void
 gst_decode_bin_init (GstDecodeBin * decode_bin)
 {
-  GST_OBJECT_FLAG_SET (decode_bin, GST_BIN_FLAG_NO_RESYNC);
-
   /* first filter out the interesting element factories */
   g_mutex_init (&decode_bin->factories_lock);