diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
index e8bc8ca3c4..28bb7f178e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -17977,7 +17977,7 @@
                         "construct": false,
                         "construct-only": false,
                         "controllable": false,
-                        "default": "1000",
+                        "default": "-1",
                         "max": "2147483647",
                         "min": "-1",
                         "mutable": "null",
@@ -19025,7 +19025,7 @@
                         "construct": false,
                         "construct-only": false,
                         "controllable": false,
-                        "default": "1000",
+                        "default": "-1",
                         "max": "2147483647",
                         "min": "-1",
                         "mutable": "null",
@@ -21768,7 +21768,7 @@
                         "construct": false,
                         "construct-only": false,
                         "controllable": false,
-                        "default": "1000",
+                        "default": "-1",
                         "max": "2147483647",
                         "min": "-1",
                         "mutable": "null",
@@ -29145,4 +29145,4 @@
         "tracers": {},
         "url": "Unknown package origin"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpbin.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpbin.c
index b608ea0acd..313dc091b6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpbin.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpbin.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ enum
 #define DEFAULT_RTP_PROFILE          GST_RTP_PROFILE_AVP
 #define DEFAULT_NTP_TIME_SOURCE      GST_RTP_NTP_TIME_SOURCE_NTP
 #define DEFAULT_RTCP_SYNC_SEND_TIME  TRUE
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_RTCP_RTP_TIME_DIFF 1000
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_RTCP_RTP_TIME_DIFF -1
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_DROPOUT_TIME     60000
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_MISORDER_TIME    2000
 #define DEFAULT_RFC7273_SYNC         FALSE
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
index 9bae8d391d..61aaabc293 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ enum
 #define DEFAULT_RTX_MAX_RETRIES    -1
 #define DEFAULT_RTX_DEADLINE       -1
 #define DEFAULT_RTX_STATS_TIMEOUT   1000
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_RTCP_RTP_TIME_DIFF 1000
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_RTCP_RTP_TIME_DIFF -1
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_DROPOUT_TIME    60000
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_MISORDER_TIME   2000
 #define DEFAULT_RFC7273_SYNC        FALSE
@@ -4831,7 +4831,7 @@ do_handle_sync (GstRtpJitterBuffer * jitterbuffer)
       if (ext_rtptime > last_rtptime) {
         /* check how far ahead it is to our RTP timestamps */
         diff = ext_rtptime - last_rtptime;
-        /* if bigger than 1 second, we drop it */
+        /* if bigger than configured maximum difference then we drop it */
         if (jitterbuffer->priv->max_rtcp_rtp_time_diff != -1 &&
             diff >
             gst_util_uint64_scale (jitterbuffer->priv->max_rtcp_rtp_time_diff,
@@ -4839,7 +4839,7 @@ do_handle_sync (GstRtpJitterBuffer * jitterbuffer)
           GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (jitterbuffer, "too far ahead");
           /* should drop this, but some RTSP servers end up with bogus
            * way too ahead RTCP packet when repeated PAUSE/PLAY,
-           * so still trigger rptbin sync but invalidate RTCP data
+           * so still trigger rtpbin sync but invalidate RTCP data
            * (sync might use other methods) */
           ext_rtptime = -1;
         }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
index d090d22f99..fed9ef1420 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ gst_rtsp_backchannel_get_type (void)
 #define DEFAULT_DO_RETRANSMISSION        TRUE
 #define DEFAULT_NTP_TIME_SOURCE  NTP_TIME_SOURCE_NTP
 #define DEFAULT_USER_AGENT       "GStreamer/{VERSION}"
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_RTCP_RTP_TIME_DIFF 1000
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_RTCP_RTP_TIME_DIFF -1
 #define DEFAULT_RFC7273_SYNC         FALSE
 #define DEFAULT_ADD_REFERENCE_TIMESTAMP_META FALSE
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_TS_OFFSET_ADJUSTMENT   G_GUINT64_CONSTANT(0)