diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsession.c b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsession.c
index e3bf338cd6..3a2768b6a3 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsession.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpsession.c
@@ -2575,6 +2575,11 @@ rtp_session_request_local_key_unit (RTPSession * sess, RTPSource * src,
     GstClockTime round_trip_in_ns = gst_util_uint64_scale (round_trip,
         GST_SECOND, 65536);
 
+     /* Sanity check to avoid always ignoring PLI/FIR if we receive RTCP
+      * packets with erroneous values resulting in crazy high RTT. */
+     if (round_trip_in_ns > 5 * GST_SECOND)
+       round_trip_in_ns = GST_SECOND / 2;
+
     if (current_time - sess->last_keyframe_request < 2 * round_trip_in_ns) {
       GST_DEBUG ("Ignoring %s request because one was send without one "
           "RTT (%" GST_TIME_FORMAT " < %" GST_TIME_FORMAT ")",