diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c b/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
index d5085030b..4f7650764 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void rtmp_stream_destroy(void *data)
 {
 	struct rtmp_stream *stream = data;
 
-	if (stream->active)
+	if (stream->connecting || stream->active)
 		rtmp_stream_stop(data);
 
 	if (stream) {