diff --git a/lib/rtsp.c b/lib/rtsp.c
index f16e87c12d..726bfb9ae1 100644
--- a/lib/rtsp.c
+++ b/lib/rtsp.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static CURLcode rtsp_done(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   httpStatus = Curl_http_done(data, status, premature);
 
-  if(rtsp) {
+  if(rtsp && !status && !httpStatus) {
     /* Check the sequence numbers */
     long CSeq_sent = rtsp->CSeq_sent;
     long CSeq_recv = rtsp->CSeq_recv;