diff --git a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/emotion_gstreamer.c b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/emotion_gstreamer.c
index 867c1f8fb7..0b744cbdce 100644
--- a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/emotion_gstreamer.c
+++ b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/emotion_gstreamer.c
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ static int _cdda_pipeline_build (void *video, const char * device, unsigned int
 
    cdiocddasrc = gst_element_factory_make ("cdiocddasrc", "src");
    if (!cdiocddasrc) {
-     gst_object_unref (GST_OBJECT (ev->pipeline));
+     g_print ("cdiocddasrc element missing. Install it.\n");
      return 0;
    }