diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index fafd27c05654393016f3973071b92178fd76526a..a0e0b9e1a5627b572cf391fe2e22780564315cad 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ void ff_rtsp_parse_line(RTSPMessageHeader *reply, const char *buf)
 }
 
 /* skip a RTP/TCP interleaved packet */
-static void rtsp_skip_packet(AVFormatContext *s)
+void ff_rtsp_skip_packet(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
     int ret, len, len1;
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ int ff_rtsp_read_reply(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
                 if (return_on_interleaved_data) {
                     return 1;
                 } else
-                    rtsp_skip_packet(s);
+                    ff_rtsp_skip_packet(s);
             } else if (ch != '\r') {
                 if ((q - buf) < sizeof(buf) - 1)
                     *q++ = ch;
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.h b/libavformat/rtsp.h
index a3222812825b1c7993ebd2f855317342ecd191d9..13e251b72b90f513d8fba1b8cfcaa9f043641b19 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.h
@@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ int ff_rtsp_read_reply(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
                        unsigned char **content_ptr,
                        int return_on_interleaved_data);
 
+/**
+ * Skip a RTP/TCP interleaved packet.
+ */
+void ff_rtsp_skip_packet(AVFormatContext *s);
+
 /**
  * Connect to the RTSP server and set up the individual media streams.
  * This can be used for both muxers and demuxers.