diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c
index 6df8059e51..b8b96a6e2e 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c
@@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@ handle_request (GstRTSPClient * client, GstRTSPMessage * request)
   GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
   gchar *sessid;
 
+  state.conn = priv->connection;
   state.client = client;
   state.request = request;
   state.response = &response;
diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.h b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.h
index 82f5eec91e..8c2dd765a7 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.h
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ typedef struct _GstRTSPClientPrivate GstRTSPClientPrivate;
 /**
  * GstRTSPClientState:
  * @server: the server
+ * @conn: the connection
  * @client: the client
  * @request: the complete request
  * @uri: the complete url parsed from @request
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ typedef struct _GstRTSPClientPrivate GstRTSPClientPrivate;
  */
 struct _GstRTSPClientState {
   GstRTSPServer       *server;
+  GstRTSPConnection   *conn;
   GstRTSPClient       *client;
   GstRTSPMessage      *request;
   GstRTSPUrl          *uri;