diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 27d6277e1b..4d7fdb632a 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -739,35 +739,20 @@ static void rtsp_skip_packet(AVFormatContext *s)
     }
 }
 
-static void rtsp_send_cmd(AVFormatContext *s,
-                          const char *cmd, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
-                          unsigned char **content_ptr)
+static void
+rtsp_read_reply (AVFormatContext *s, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
+                 unsigned char **content_ptr)
 {
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
     char buf[4096], buf1[1024], *q;
     unsigned char ch;
     const char *p;
-    int content_length, line_count;
+    int content_length, line_count = 0;
     unsigned char *content = NULL;
 
     memset(reply, 0, sizeof(*reply));
 
-    rt->seq++;
-    av_strlcpy(buf, cmd, sizeof(buf));
-    snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "CSeq: %d\r\n", rt->seq);
-    av_strlcat(buf, buf1, sizeof(buf));
-    if (rt->session_id[0] != '\0' && !strstr(cmd, "\nIf-Match:")) {
-        snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "Session: %s\r\n", rt->session_id);
-        av_strlcat(buf, buf1, sizeof(buf));
-    }
-    av_strlcat(buf, "\r\n", sizeof(buf));
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    printf("Sending:\n%s--\n", buf);
-#endif
-    url_write(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, strlen(buf));
-
     /* parse reply (XXX: use buffers) */
-    line_count = 0;
     rt->last_reply[0] = '\0';
     for(;;) {
         q = buf;
@@ -821,6 +806,30 @@ static void rtsp_send_cmd(AVFormatContext *s,
         av_free(content);
 }
 
+static void rtsp_send_cmd(AVFormatContext *s,
+                          const char *cmd, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
+                          unsigned char **content_ptr)
+{
+    RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
+    char buf[4096], buf1[1024];
+
+    rt->seq++;
+    av_strlcpy(buf, cmd, sizeof(buf));
+    snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "CSeq: %d\r\n", rt->seq);
+    av_strlcat(buf, buf1, sizeof(buf));
+    if (rt->session_id[0] != '\0' && !strstr(cmd, "\nIf-Match:")) {
+        snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "Session: %s\r\n", rt->session_id);
+        av_strlcat(buf, buf1, sizeof(buf));
+    }
+    av_strlcat(buf, "\r\n", sizeof(buf));
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    printf("Sending:\n%s--\n", buf);
+#endif
+    url_write(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, strlen(buf));
+
+    rtsp_read_reply(rt, reply, content_ptr);
+}
+
 
 /* close and free RTSP streams */
 static void rtsp_close_streams(RTSPState *rt)