diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c
index 2e17e7c596..0ef3dab456 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/sdp/gstsdpmessage.c
@@ -3641,7 +3641,9 @@ gst_sdp_media_get_caps_from_media (const GstSDPMedia * media, gint pt)
 
   /* check if we have a rate, if not, we need to look up the rate from the
    * default rates based on the payload types. */
-  if (rate == -1) {
+  /* Some broken RTSP server puts a rate of 0, also use the default in that
+   * case */
+  if (rate <= 0) {
     const GstRTPPayloadInfo *info;
 
     if (GST_RTP_PAYLOAD_IS_DYNAMIC (pt)) {