diff --git a/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c b/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
index a62c2a0..9a7a0f9 100644
--- a/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
+++ b/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
@@ -320,8 +320,14 @@ gst_multipart_find_pad_by_mime (GstMultipartDemux * demux, gchar * mime,
     demux->srcpads = g_slist_prepend (demux->srcpads, mppad);
     demux->numpads++;

+    /* take the mime type, convert it to the caps name */
+    capsname = gst_multipart_demux_get_gstname (demux, mime);
+    caps = gst_caps_from_string (capsname);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "caps for pad: %s", capsname);
     gst_pad_use_fixed_caps (pad);
     gst_pad_set_active (pad, TRUE);
+    gst_pad_set_caps (pad, caps);
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
     gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (demux), pad);

     /* prepare and send stream-start */
@@ -349,12 +355,6 @@ gst_multipart_find_pad_by_mime (GstMultipartDemux * demux, gchar * mime,
     gst_pad_push_event (pad, event);
     g_free (stream_id);

-    /* take the mime type, convert it to the caps name */
-    capsname = gst_multipart_demux_get_gstname (demux, mime);
-    caps = gst_caps_from_string (capsname);
-    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "caps for pad: %s", capsname);
-    gst_pad_set_caps (pad, caps);
-    gst_caps_unref (caps);

     if (created) {
       *created = TRUE;