diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
index a6e0b3af85..2ca9fe742f 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
@@ -3757,7 +3757,9 @@ do_lost_timeout (GstRtpJitterBuffer * jitterbuffer, TimerData * timer,
             "retry", G_TYPE_UINT, num_rtx_retry, NULL));
   }
   item = alloc_item (event, ITEM_TYPE_LOST, -1, -1, seqnum, lost_packets, -1);
-  rtp_jitter_buffer_insert (priv->jbuf, item, &head, NULL);
+  if (!rtp_jitter_buffer_insert (priv->jbuf, item, &head, NULL))
+    /* Duplicate */
+    free_item (item);
 
   if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (timer->rtx_last)) {
     /* Store info to update stats if the packet arrives too late */
diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpjitterbuffer.c b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpjitterbuffer.c
index c31c8e64bd..03b7ebc1e2 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/rtpjitterbuffer.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/rtpjitterbuffer.c
@@ -1034,6 +1034,8 @@ append:
 duplicate:
   {
     GST_DEBUG ("duplicate packet %d found", (gint) seqnum);
+    if (G_LIKELY (head))
+      *head = FALSE;
     return FALSE;
   }
 }