diff --git a/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/imp.rs b/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/imp.rs
index 8c7d7ceb..4976aea3 100644
--- a/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/imp.rs
+++ b/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/imp.rs
@@ -553,7 +553,10 @@ impl RTPAv1Depay {
             first = false;
 
             // ignore these OBU types
-            if matches!(obu.obu_type, ObuType::TemporalDelimiter | ObuType::TileList) {
+            if matches!(
+                obu.obu_type,
+                ObuType::TemporalDelimiter | ObuType::TileList | ObuType::Padding
+            ) {
                 gst::trace!(CAT, imp: self, "Dropping {:?} of size {element_size}", obu.obu_type);
                 reader
                     .seek(SeekFrom::Current(element_size as i64))
diff --git a/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/tests.rs b/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/tests.rs
index b366effd..505ad77b 100644
--- a/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/tests.rs
+++ b/net/rtp/src/av1/depay/tests.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fn test_depayloader() {
         ), ( // 2 OBUs, last is fragmented
             vec![
                 0b0110_0000,
-                0b0000_0110, 0b0111_1000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
+                0b0000_0110, 0b0011_0000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
                              0b0011_0000, 1, 2, 3,
             ],
             gst::ClockTime::from_seconds(1),
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn test_depayloader() {
         ),
         (
             gst::ClockTime::from_seconds(1),
-            vec![0b0001_0010, 0, 0b0111_1010, 0b0000_0101, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+            vec![0b0001_0010, 0, 0b0011_0010, 0b0000_0101, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
         ),
         (
             gst::ClockTime::from_seconds(1),
diff --git a/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/imp.rs b/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/imp.rs
index a50d73ba..a8a60f9a 100644
--- a/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/imp.rs
+++ b/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/imp.rs
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ impl RTPAv1Pay {
             // tile lists and temporal delimiters should not be transmitted,
             // see section 5 of the RTP AV1 spec
             match obu.obu_type {
-                // completely ignore tile lists
-                ObuType::TileList => {
-                    gst::log!(CAT, imp: self, "ignoring tile list OBU");
+                // completely ignore tile lists and padding
+                ObuType::TileList | ObuType::Padding => {
+                    gst::log!(CAT, imp: self, "ignoring {:?} OBU", obu.obu_type);
                     reader
                         .seek(SeekFrom::Current(
                             (obu.header_len + obu.leb_size + obu.size) as i64,
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ mod tests {
                     obus: VecDeque::from(vec![
                         ObuData {
                             info: SizedObu {
-                                obu_type: ObuType::Padding,
+                                obu_type: ObuType::Frame,
                                 size: 3,
                                 ..base_obu
                             },
@@ -715,6 +715,14 @@ mod tests {
                             },
                             ..ObuData::default()
                         },
+                        ObuData {
+                            info: SizedObu {
+                                obu_type: ObuType::SequenceHeader,
+                                size: 0,
+                                ..base_obu
+                            },
+                            ..ObuData::default()
+                        },
                         ObuData {
                             info: SizedObu {
                                 obu_type: ObuType::Frame,
@@ -726,7 +734,7 @@ mod tests {
                         },
                         ObuData {
                             info: SizedObu {
-                                obu_type: ObuType::Padding,
+                                obu_type: ObuType::Frame,
                                 size: 6,
                                 ..base_obu
                             },
@@ -803,8 +811,8 @@ mod tests {
             ),
             (
                 Some(PacketOBUData {
-                    obu_count: 4,
-                    payload_size: 34,
+                    obu_count: 5,
+                    payload_size: 36,
                     last_obu_fragment_size: None,
                     omit_last_size_field: false,
                     ends_temporal_unit: true,
@@ -849,7 +857,8 @@ mod tests {
                 state
                     .obus
                     .iter()
-                    .filter(|o| o.info.obu_type != ObuType::TemporalDelimiter)
+                    .filter(|o| o.info.obu_type != ObuType::TemporalDelimiter
+                        && o.info.obu_type != ObuType::Padding)
                     .cloned()
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
                 results[idx].1.obus.iter().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>()
diff --git a/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/tests.rs b/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/tests.rs
index 813f9d70..d8390b11 100644
--- a/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/tests.rs
+++ b/net/rtp/src/av1/pay/tests.rs
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ fn test_payloader() {
     let test_buffers: [(u64, Vec<u8>); 3] = [
         (
             0,
-            vec![   // this should result in exactly 25 bytes for the RTP payload
+            vec![   // this should result in exactly 27 bytes for the RTP payload
                 0b0001_0010, 0,
+                0b0000_1010, 0,
                 0b0011_0010, 0b0000_1100, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
                 0b0011_0010, 0b0000_1001, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
             ],
         ), (
             0,
             vec![   // these all have to go in separate packets since their IDs mismatch
-                0b0111_1010, 0b0000_0100, 1, 2, 3, 4,
+                0b0011_0010, 0b0000_0100, 1, 2, 3, 4,
                 0b0011_0110, 0b0010_1000, 0b0000_0101, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
                 0b0011_0110, 0b0100_1000, 0b0000_0001, 1,
             ],
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ fn test_payloader() {
             false,  // marker bit
             0,      // relative RTP timestamp
             vec![   // payload bytes
-                0b0010_1000,
+                0b0011_1000,
+                0b0000_0001, 0b0000_1000,
                 0b0000_1101, 0b0011_0000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
                              0b0011_0000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
             ],
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ fn test_payloader() {
             0,
             vec![
                 0b0001_0000,
-                0b0111_1000, 1, 2, 3, 4,
+                0b0011_0000, 1, 2, 3, 4,
             ]
         ), (
             false,
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ fn test_payloader() {
         let pay = h.element().unwrap();
         pay.set_property(
             "mtu",
-            25u32 + rtp_types::RtpPacket::MIN_RTP_PACKET_LEN as u32,
+            27u32 + rtp_types::RtpPacket::MIN_RTP_PACKET_LEN as u32,
         );
     }
     h.play();