diff --git a/pkg/rtcpreceiver/rtcpreceiver.go b/pkg/rtcpreceiver/rtcpreceiver.go
index 9c0b6e74..65b26572 100644
--- a/pkg/rtcpreceiver/rtcpreceiver.go
+++ b/pkg/rtcpreceiver/rtcpreceiver.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ type RTCPReceiver struct {
 	// data from RTP packets
 	firstRTPReceived     bool
 	sequenceNumberCycles uint16
-	lastSequenceNumber   uint16
-	lastRTPTimeRTP       uint32
+	lastSequenceNumber   *uint16
+	lastRTPTimeRTP       *uint32
 	lastRTPTimeTime      time.Time
 	totalLost            uint32
 	totalLostSinceReport uint32
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type RTCPReceiver struct {
 
 	// data from rtcp packets
 	senderSSRC           uint32
-	lastSenderReport     uint32
+	lastSenderReportRTP  *uint32
 	lastSenderReportTime time.Time
 
 	terminate chan struct{}
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ func (rr *RTCPReceiver) report(ts time.Time) rtcp.Packet {
 	rr.mutex.Lock()
 	defer rr.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	var zero time.Time
-	if rr.lastSenderReportTime == zero {
+	if rr.lastSenderReportRTP == nil || rr.lastSequenceNumber == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -109,8 +108,8 @@ func (rr *RTCPReceiver) report(ts time.Time) rtcp.Packet {
 		Reports: []rtcp.ReceptionReport{
 			{
 				SSRC:               rr.senderSSRC,
-				LastSequenceNumber: uint32(rr.sequenceNumberCycles)<<16 | uint32(rr.lastSequenceNumber),
-				LastSenderReport:   rr.lastSenderReport,
+				LastSequenceNumber: uint32(rr.sequenceNumberCycles)<<16 | uint32(*rr.lastSequenceNumber),
+				LastSenderReport:   *rr.lastSenderReportRTP,
 				// equivalent to taking the integer part after multiplying the
 				// loss fraction by 256
 				FractionLost: uint8(float64(rr.totalLostSinceReport*256) / float64(rr.totalSinceReport)),
@@ -136,19 +135,21 @@ func (rr *RTCPReceiver) ProcessPacketRTP(ts time.Time, pkt *rtp.Packet, ptsEqual
 	defer rr.mutex.Unlock()
 
 	// first packet
-	if !rr.firstRTPReceived {
+	if rr.lastSequenceNumber == nil {
 		rr.firstRTPReceived = true
 		rr.totalSinceReport = 1
-		rr.lastSequenceNumber = pkt.Header.SequenceNumber
+		v := pkt.Header.SequenceNumber
+		rr.lastSequenceNumber = &v
 
 		if ptsEqualsDTS {
-			rr.lastRTPTimeRTP = pkt.Header.Timestamp
+			v := pkt.Header.Timestamp
+			rr.lastRTPTimeRTP = &v
 			rr.lastRTPTimeTime = ts
 		}
 
 		// subsequent packets
 	} else {
-		diff := int32(pkt.Header.SequenceNumber) - int32(rr.lastSequenceNumber)
+		diff := int32(pkt.Header.SequenceNumber) - int32(*rr.lastSequenceNumber)
 
 		// following packet or following packet after an overflow
 		if diff > 0 || diff < -0x0FFF {
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ func (rr *RTCPReceiver) ProcessPacketRTP(ts time.Time, pkt *rtp.Packet, ptsEqual
 			}
 
 			// detect lost packets
-			if pkt.Header.SequenceNumber != (rr.lastSequenceNumber + 1) {
+			if pkt.Header.SequenceNumber != (*rr.lastSequenceNumber + 1) {
 				rr.totalLost += uint32(uint16(diff) - 1)
 				rr.totalLostSinceReport += uint32(uint16(diff) - 1)
 
@@ -172,22 +173,23 @@ func (rr *RTCPReceiver) ProcessPacketRTP(ts time.Time, pkt *rtp.Packet, ptsEqual
 			}
 
 			rr.totalSinceReport += uint32(uint16(diff))
-			rr.lastSequenceNumber = pkt.Header.SequenceNumber
+			v := pkt.Header.SequenceNumber
+			rr.lastSequenceNumber = &v
 
 			if ptsEqualsDTS {
-				var zero time.Time
-				if rr.lastRTPTimeTime != zero {
+				if rr.lastRTPTimeRTP != nil {
 					// update jitter
 					// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3550#page-39
 					D := ts.Sub(rr.lastRTPTimeTime).Seconds()*rr.clockRate -
-						(float64(pkt.Header.Timestamp) - float64(rr.lastRTPTimeRTP))
+						(float64(pkt.Header.Timestamp) - float64(*rr.lastRTPTimeRTP))
 					if D < 0 {
 						D = -D
 					}
 					rr.jitter += (D - rr.jitter) / 16
 				}
 
-				rr.lastRTPTimeRTP = pkt.Header.Timestamp
+				v := pkt.Header.Timestamp
+				rr.lastRTPTimeRTP = &v
 				rr.lastRTPTimeTime = ts
 			}
 		}
@@ -202,7 +204,8 @@ func (rr *RTCPReceiver) ProcessPacketRTCP(ts time.Time, pkt rtcp.Packet) {
 		defer rr.mutex.Unlock()
 
 		rr.senderSSRC = sr.SSRC
-		rr.lastSenderReport = uint32(sr.NTPTime >> 16)
+		v := uint32(sr.NTPTime >> 16)
+		rr.lastSenderReportRTP = &v
 		rr.lastSenderReportTime = ts
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/rtcpsender/rtcpsender.go b/pkg/rtcpsender/rtcpsender.go
index ebfc7d20..2ed3729c 100644
--- a/pkg/rtcpsender/rtcpsender.go
+++ b/pkg/rtcpsender/rtcpsender.go
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ type RTCPSender struct {
 	mutex           sync.Mutex
 
 	// data from RTP packets
-	firstRTPReceived bool
-	senderSSRC       uint32
-	lastRTPTimeRTP   uint32
-	lastRTPTimeTime  time.Time
-	packetCount      uint32
-	octetCount       uint32
+	senderSSRC      *uint32
+	lastRTPTimeRTP  *uint32
+	lastRTPTimeTime time.Time
+	packetCount     uint32
+	octetCount      uint32
 
 	terminate chan struct{}
 	done      chan struct{}
@@ -77,12 +76,12 @@ func (rs *RTCPSender) report(ts time.Time) rtcp.Packet {
 	rs.mutex.Lock()
 	defer rs.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	if !rs.firstRTPReceived {
+	if rs.senderSSRC == nil || rs.lastRTPTimeRTP == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	return &rtcp.SenderReport{
-		SSRC: rs.senderSSRC,
+		SSRC: *rs.senderSSRC,
 		NTPTime: func() uint64 {
 			// seconds since 1st January 1900
 			s := (float64(ts.UnixNano()) / 1000000000) + 2208988800
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ func (rs *RTCPSender) report(ts time.Time) rtcp.Packet {
 			fractionalPart := uint32((s - float64(integerPart)) * 0xFFFFFFFF)
 			return uint64(integerPart)<<32 | uint64(fractionalPart)
 		}(),
-		RTPTime:     rs.lastRTPTimeRTP + uint32((ts.Sub(rs.lastRTPTimeTime)).Seconds()*rs.clockRate),
+		RTPTime:     *rs.lastRTPTimeRTP + uint32((ts.Sub(rs.lastRTPTimeTime)).Seconds()*rs.clockRate),
 		PacketCount: rs.packetCount,
 		OctetCount:  rs.octetCount,
 	}
@@ -103,13 +102,14 @@ func (rs *RTCPSender) ProcessPacketRTP(ts time.Time, pkt *rtp.Packet, ptsEqualsD
 	rs.mutex.Lock()
 	defer rs.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	if !rs.firstRTPReceived {
-		rs.firstRTPReceived = true
-		rs.senderSSRC = pkt.SSRC
+	if rs.senderSSRC == nil {
+		v := pkt.SSRC
+		rs.senderSSRC = &v
 	}
 
 	if ptsEqualsDTS {
-		rs.lastRTPTimeRTP = pkt.Timestamp
+		v := pkt.Timestamp
+		rs.lastRTPTimeRTP = &v
 		rs.lastRTPTimeTime = ts
 	}