diff --git a/ebml/EbmlElement.h b/ebml/EbmlElement.h
index 1b8724e8..25a82d13 100644
--- a/ebml/EbmlElement.h
+++ b/ebml/EbmlElement.h
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class DllApi x : public BaseClass { \
 #define EBML_CONTEXT(e)            tEBML_CONTEXT(e)
 #define EBML_NAME(e)               tEBML_NAME(e)
 #define EBML_SPEC(e)               tEBML_SPEC(e)
+#define EBML_CREATE(e)             EBML_INFO_CREATE(EBML_SPEC(e))
 
 #define EBML_INFO_ID(cb)      tEBML_INFO_ID(cb)
 #define EBML_INFO_NAME(cb)    tEBML_INFO_NAME(cb)
diff --git a/src/EbmlMaster.cpp b/src/EbmlMaster.cpp
index 31132842..cf6a4b6c 100644
--- a/src/EbmlMaster.cpp
+++ b/src/EbmlMaster.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ EbmlElement *EbmlMaster::FindNextElt(const EbmlElement & PastElt, bool bCreateIf
 
   if (bCreateIfNull) {
     // add the element
-    EbmlElement *NewElt = &(PastElt.CreateElement());
+    EbmlElement *NewElt = &(EBML_CREATE(PastElt));
 
     if (!PushElement(*NewElt)) {
       delete NewElt;