diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.c b/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.c
index a80320280..9f15e48fb 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.c
@@ -463,6 +463,17 @@ RTMP_Init(RTMP *r)
 {
     memset(r, 0, sizeof(RTMP));
     r->m_sb.sb_socket = -1;
+    RTMP_Reset(r);
+
+#ifdef CRYPTO
+    RTMP_TLS_Init(r);
+#endif
+
+}
+
+void
+RTMP_Reset(RTMP *r)
+{
     r->m_inChunkSize = RTMP_DEFAULT_CHUNKSIZE;
     r->m_outChunkSize = RTMP_DEFAULT_CHUNKSIZE;
     r->m_bSendChunkSizeInfo = 1;
@@ -476,11 +487,6 @@ RTMP_Init(RTMP *r)
     r->Link.nStreams = 0;
     r->Link.timeout = 30;
     r->Link.swfAge = 30;
-
-#ifdef CRYPTO
-    RTMP_TLS_Init(r);
-#endif
-
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.h b/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.h
index a4b5355c2..6c1f2567e 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.h
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/rtmp.h
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ extern "C"
     int RTMP_ClientPacket(RTMP *r, RTMPPacket *packet);
 
     void RTMP_Init(RTMP *r);
+    void RTMP_Reset(RTMP *r);
     void RTMP_Close(RTMP *r);
     RTMP *RTMP_Alloc(void);
     void RTMP_TLS_Free(RTMP *r);
diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c b/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
index 50579150a..18cb18cd0 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
@@ -969,8 +969,9 @@ static int try_connect(struct rtmp_stream *stream)
 
 	info("Connecting to RTMP URL %s...", stream->path.array);
 
-	// this should have been called already by rtmp_stream_create
-	//RTMP_Init(&stream->rtmp);
+	// on reconnect we need to reset the internal variables of librtmp
+	// otherwise the data sent/received will not parse correctly on the other end
+	RTMP_Reset(&stream->rtmp);
 
 	// since we don't call RTMP_Init above, there's no other good place
 	// to reset this as doing it in RTMP_Close breaks the ugly RTMP