diff --git a/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c b/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c
index ea5158f822..255a427f4d 100644
--- a/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c
+++ b/gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c
@@ -3962,6 +3962,7 @@ not_enough_data:
     GST_WARNING_OBJECT (demux, "short read parsing language list object!");
     g_free (demux->languages);
     demux->languages = NULL;
+    demux->num_languages = 0;
     return GST_FLOW_OK;         /* not fatal */
   }
 }