diff --git a/daemon/media_socket.c b/daemon/media_socket.c
index baeae64d4..aa25ee9dc 100644
--- a/daemon/media_socket.c
+++ b/daemon/media_socket.c
@@ -1393,7 +1393,6 @@ bool get_consecutive_ports(socket_intf_list_q *out, unsigned int num_ports, unsi
 	for (l = log->list.head; l; l = l->next) {
 		loc = l->data;
 		inet_ntop(loc->spec->local_address.addr.family->af, &loc->spec->local_address.addr.u, ip, sizeof(ip));
-		ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "XXXXXXXXXX IP: %s", ip);
 	}
 	ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "");
 	*/
@@ -1719,7 +1718,7 @@ static const char *kernelize_target(kernelize_state *s, struct packet_stream *st
 
 	reti->rtp = 1;
 	reti->ssrc_req = 1;
-	if (!MEDIA_ISSET(media, TRANSCODING)) {
+	if (rtcp_kernel_fw(media)) {
 		reti->rtcp_fw = 1;
 		if (media->protocol->avpf)
 			reti->rtcp_fb_fw = 1;
diff --git a/daemon/rtcp.c b/daemon/rtcp.c
index f7b5f1104..c8fbdfc07 100644
--- a/daemon/rtcp.c
+++ b/daemon/rtcp.c
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ struct rtcp_handler {
 	void (*finish)(struct rtcp_process_ctx *, call_t *, const endpoint_t *, const endpoint_t *,
 			int64_t);
 	void (*destroy)(struct rtcp_process_ctx *);
+
+	bool no_kernel_fw;
 };
 // collection of all handler types
 struct rtcp_handlers {
@@ -366,9 +368,11 @@ static struct rtcp_handler transcode_handlers = {
 	.common = transcode_common,
 	.rr = transcode_rr,
 	.sr = transcode_sr,
+	.no_kernel_fw = true,
 };
 static struct rtcp_handler sink_handlers = {
 	.common = sink_common,
+	.no_kernel_fw = true,
 };
 static struct rtcp_handler transcode_handlers_wrap = {
 	.common = transcode_common_wrap,
@@ -1650,3 +1654,10 @@ out:
 static void sink_common(struct rtcp_process_ctx *ctx, struct rtcp_packet *common) {
 	ctx->discard = 1;
 }
+
+
+bool rtcp_kernel_fw(struct call_media *media) {
+	if (!media->rtcp_handler)
+		return true;
+	return !media->rtcp_handler->no_kernel_fw;
+}
diff --git a/include/rtcp.h b/include/rtcp.h
index e9679b0b3..502fba550 100644
--- a/include/rtcp.h
+++ b/include/rtcp.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct rtcp_packet *rtcp_payload(str *p, const str *s);
 
 int rtcp_parse(GQueue *q, struct media_packet *);
 void rtcp_list_free(GQueue *q);
+bool rtcp_kernel_fw(struct call_media *);
 
 rtcp_filter_func rtcp_avpf2avp_filter;