diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index aa8f31b853..fc422aa488 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -1618,13 +1618,13 @@ redirect:
         ff_http_set_chunked_transfer_encoding(rtsp_hd_out, 0);
 
     } else {
-    /* open the tcp connexion */
-    ff_url_join(tcpname, sizeof(tcpname), "tcp", NULL, host, port, NULL);
-    if (url_open(&rtsp_hd, tcpname, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
-        err = AVERROR(EIO);
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    rtsp_hd_out = rtsp_hd;
+        /* open the tcp connexion */
+        ff_url_join(tcpname, sizeof(tcpname), "tcp", NULL, host, port, NULL);
+        if (url_open(&rtsp_hd, tcpname, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
+            err = AVERROR(EIO);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        rtsp_hd_out = rtsp_hd;
     }
     rt->rtsp_hd = rtsp_hd;
     rt->rtsp_hd_out = rtsp_hd_out;