diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c
index 18db75158a..e26817b55d 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsource.c
@@ -1216,12 +1216,14 @@ rtp_source_send_rtp (RTPSource * src, RTPPacketInfo * pinfo)
   /* we are a sender now */
   src->is_sender = TRUE;
 
+  /* we are also a receiver of our packets */
+  if (!update_receiver_stats (src, pinfo))
+    return GST_FLOW_OK;
+
   /* update stats for the SR */
   src->stats.packets_sent += pinfo->packets;
   src->stats.octets_sent += pinfo->payload_len;
   src->bytes_sent += pinfo->payload_len;
-  /* we are also a receiver of our packets */
-  update_receiver_stats (src, pinfo);
 
   running_time = pinfo->running_time;