diff --git a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_network.c b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_network.c
index 5b3ea51..d18c7cb 100644
--- a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_network.c
+++ b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_network.c
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
+bool mgcp_rtp_end_remote_addr_available(const struct mgcp_rtp_end *rtp_end)
+{
+	return rtp_end->rtp_port && !addr_is_any(&rtp_end->addr);
+}
+
 /*! Determine the local rtp bind IP-address.
  *  \param[out] addr caller provided memory to store the resulting IP-Address.
  *  \param[in] endp mgcp endpoint, that holds a copy of the VTY parameters.