diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c
index b8bc97b006cf10ebd82cc8cb42bfd4b652da149b..0e5343618c757b33647bed0b556b605080bc0ba0 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c
@@ -4648,8 +4648,11 @@ gst_rtsp_media_unsuspend (GstRTSPMedia * media)
   g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_MEDIA (media), FALSE);
 
   g_rec_mutex_lock (&priv->state_lock);
-  if (priv->status != GST_RTSP_MEDIA_STATUS_SUSPENDED)
+  if (priv->status != GST_RTSP_MEDIA_STATUS_SUSPENDED) {
+    GST_DEBUG ("unblocking linked media %p", media);
+    media_unblock_linked (media);
     goto done;
+  }
 
   klass = GST_RTSP_MEDIA_GET_CLASS (media);
   if (klass->unsuspend) {