diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtsbase.c b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtsbase.c
index 16b63ae32e..938509be7c 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtsbase.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtsbase.c
@@ -1397,8 +1397,7 @@ mpegts_base_loop (MpegTSBase * base)
 
 error:
   {
-    const gchar *reason = gst_flow_get_name (ret);
-    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (base, "Pausing task, reason %s", reason);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (base, "Pausing task, reason %s", gst_flow_get_name (ret));
     if (ret == GST_FLOW_EOS) {
       if (!GST_MPEGTS_BASE_GET_CLASS (base)->push_event (base,
               gst_event_new_eos ()))
diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c b/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
index 3aefc13bf9..b08fd34040 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
@@ -2521,9 +2521,7 @@ gst_ts_demux_push_pending_data (GstTSDemux * demux, TSDemuxStream * stream,
     MpegTSBaseProgram * target_program)
 {
   GstFlowReturn res = GST_FLOW_OK;
-#ifndef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
   MpegTSBaseStream *bs = (MpegTSBaseStream *) stream;
-#endif
   GstBuffer *buffer = NULL;
   GstBufferList *buffer_list = NULL;