diff --git a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c
index cf22e3d546..d8c24c7b0f 100644
--- a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c
+++ b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c
@@ -1492,6 +1492,10 @@ _emotion_gstreamer_video_pipeline_parse(Emotion_Gstreamer_Video *ev,
    if (ev->thread)
      return EINA_FALSE;
 
+   res = gst_element_get_state(ev->pipeline, NULL, NULL, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+   if (res == GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL)
+     gst_element_set_state(ev->pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+
    res = gst_element_get_state(ev->pipeline, NULL, NULL, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
    if (!(res == GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS
          || res == GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL))