diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c4c41806f..1de35287d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-04-02  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/goom/goomsl.c: (gsl_read_file):
+	  Check return value of fread() to avoid compiler warnings.
+
 2008-04-01  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	Based on patch by: mersad <mersad at axis dot com>
diff --git a/common b/common
index 4221e9dcb0..5421815aee 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4221e9dcb05faa6f6f7ba19bba32fe90da4577dd
+Subproject commit 5421815aeed8b2d73a4d4d4a4b8eb2c93f1b7d02
diff --git a/gst/goom/goomsl.c b/gst/goom/goomsl.c
index 759be102d2..6f40775413 100644
--- a/gst/goom/goomsl.c
+++ b/gst/goom/goomsl.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,9 @@ gsl_read_file (const char *fname)
   fsize = ftell (f);
   rewind (f);
   buffer = (char *) malloc (fsize + 512);
-  fread (buffer, 1, fsize, f);
+  if (fread (buffer, 1, fsize, f) != fsize) {
+    buffer[0] = '\0';
+  }
   fclose (f);
   buffer[fsize] = 0;
   return buffer;