diff --git a/src/gst/gstpipewireclock.c b/src/gst/gstpipewireclock.c
index 10607c3e7..5a735a8b5 100644
--- a/src/gst/gstpipewireclock.c
+++ b/src/gst/gstpipewireclock.c
@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ gst_pipewire_clock_get_internal_time (GstClock * clock)
   GstClockTime result;
   uint64_t now;
 
-  if (G_UNLIKELY (!s))
-    return pclock->last_time;
-
   now = pw_stream_get_nsec(s->pwstream);
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (!s))
+    return pclock->last_time ? pclock->last_time : now;
+
 #if 1
   struct pw_time t;
   if (s->pwstream == NULL ||
       pw_stream_get_time_n (s->pwstream, &t, sizeof(t)) < 0 ||
       t.rate.denom == 0)
-    return pclock->last_time;
+    return pclock->last_time ? pclock->last_time : now;
 
   result = gst_util_uint64_scale (t.ticks, GST_SECOND * t.rate.num, t.rate.denom);
   result += now - t.now;