diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c
index ff6b5d60f1..d712fc6a0e 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ update_receiver_stats (RTPSource * src, RTPPacketInfo * pinfo,
 
   src->stats.octets_received += pinfo->payload_len;
   src->stats.bytes_received += pinfo->bytes;
-  src->stats.packets_received++;
+  src->stats.packets_received += pinfo->packets;
   /* for the bitrate estimation */
   src->bytes_received += pinfo->payload_len;