diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ba27a1df3..0f711bdda6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-05-04  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
+
+	* gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c: (gst_rtspsrc_send_keep_alive):
+	Ignore errors when trying to use the keep-alive messages.
+
 2007-05-04  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c: (gst_rtspsrc_handle_src_event),
diff --git a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
index e7064b333d..500160d454 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
@@ -2042,6 +2042,7 @@ gst_rtspsrc_send_keep_alive (GstRTSPSrc * src)
   RTSPMessage request = { 0 };
   RTSPMessage response = { 0 };
   RTSPResult res;
+  RTSPStatusCode code;
 
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (src, "creating server keep-alive");
 
@@ -2051,7 +2052,8 @@ gst_rtspsrc_send_keep_alive (GstRTSPSrc * src)
   if (res < 0)
     goto send_error;
 
-  if (!gst_rtspsrc_send (src, &request, &response, NULL))
+  /* let us handle the error code because we don't care */
+  if (!gst_rtspsrc_send (src, &request, &response, &code))
     goto send_error;
 
   rtsp_message_unset (&request);