diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.c b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.c
index cc25dbf64a..73bd189b7a 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "rtpstats.h"
 
 void
-gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_reset (RTPPacketRateCtx * ctx, guint32 clock_rate)
+gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_reset (RTPPacketRateCtx * ctx, gint32 clock_rate)
 {
   ctx->clock_rate = clock_rate;
   ctx->probed = FALSE;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_update (RTPPacketRateCtx * ctx, guint16 seqnum,
 {
   guint64 new_ts, diff_ts;
   gint diff_seqnum;
-  guint32 new_packet_rate;
+  gint32 new_packet_rate;
 
   if (ctx->clock_rate <= 0) {
     return ctx->avg_packet_rate;
diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.h b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.h
index eb164de51e..b0fbddb485 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.h
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpstats.h
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ typedef struct {
  */
 typedef struct {
   gboolean probed;
-  gint clock_rate;
+  gint32 clock_rate;
   guint16 last_seqnum;
   guint64 last_ts;
   guint32 avg_packet_rate;
 } RTPPacketRateCtx;
 
-void gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_reset (RTPPacketRateCtx * ctx, guint32 clock_rate);
+void gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_reset (RTPPacketRateCtx * ctx, gint32 clock_rate);
 guint32 gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_update (RTPPacketRateCtx *ctx, guint16 seqnum, guint32 ts);
 guint32 gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_get (RTPPacketRateCtx *ctx);
 guint32 gst_rtp_packet_rate_ctx_get_max_dropout (RTPPacketRateCtx *ctx, gint32 time_ms);