diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c b/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
index 7e06d877b..0efe5cbbc 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ static bool init_connect(struct rtmp_stream *stream)
 	if (stopping(stream))
 		pthread_join(stream->stop_thread, NULL);
 
+	free_packets(stream);
+
 	service = obs_output_get_service(stream->output);
 	if (!service)
 		return false;