diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
index 4712970665..f906110866 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
@@ -9100,12 +9100,6 @@ restart:
 
     gst_rtsp_message_unset (&request);
 
-    /* parse RTP npt field. This is the current position in the stream (Normal
-     * Play Time) and should be put in the NEWSEGMENT position field. */
-    if (gst_rtsp_message_get_header (&response, GST_RTSP_HDR_RANGE, &hval,
-            0) == GST_RTSP_OK)
-      gst_rtspsrc_parse_range (src, hval, segment, FALSE);
-
     /* assume 1.0 rate now, overwrite when the SCALE or SPEED headers are present. */
     segment->rate = 1.0;
 
@@ -9119,6 +9113,12 @@ restart:
       segment->rate = gst_rtspsrc_get_float (hval);
     }
 
+    /* parse RTP npt field. This is the current position in the stream (Normal
+     * Play Time) and should be put in the NEWSEGMENT position field. */
+    if (gst_rtsp_message_get_header (&response, GST_RTSP_HDR_RANGE, &hval,
+            0) == GST_RTSP_OK)
+      gst_rtspsrc_parse_range (src, hval, segment, FALSE);
+
     /* parse the RTP-Info header field (if ANY) to get the base seqnum and timestamp
      * for the RTP packets. If this is not present, we assume all starts from 0...
      * This is info for the RTP session manager that we pass to it in caps. */