diff --git a/gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c b/gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c
index d67f77286..dfee7420e 100644
--- a/gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c
+++ b/gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ gst_multi_fd_sink_handle_client_write (GstMultiFdSink * sink,
 {
   gboolean more;
   gboolean flushing;
-  GstClockTime now;
+  GstClockTime now, now_monotonic;
   GstMultiHandleSink *mhsink = GST_MULTI_HANDLE_SINK (sink);
   GstMultiHandleSinkClass *mhsinkclass =
       GST_MULTI_HANDLE_SINK_GET_CLASS (mhsink);
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ gst_multi_fd_sink_handle_client_write (GstMultiFdSink * sink,
     gint maxsize;
 
     now = g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND;
+    now_monotonic = g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND;
 
     if (!mhclient->sending) {
       /* client is not working on a buffer */
@@ -811,6 +812,7 @@ gst_multi_fd_sink_handle_client_write (GstMultiFdSink * sink,
         /* update stats */
         mhclient->bytes_sent += wrote;
         mhclient->last_activity_time = now;
+        mhclient->last_activity_time_monotonic = now_monotonic;
         mhsink->bytes_served += wrote;
       }
     }
@@ -903,7 +905,7 @@ gst_multi_fd_sink_handle_clients (GstMultiFdSink * sink)
     if (G_UNLIKELY (result == 0)) {
       GstClockTime now;
 
-      now = g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND;
+      now = g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND;
 
       CLIENTS_LOCK (mhsink);
       for (clients = mhsink->clients; clients; clients = next) {
@@ -914,7 +916,7 @@ gst_multi_fd_sink_handle_clients (GstMultiFdSink * sink)
         mhclient = (GstMultiHandleClient *) client;
         next = g_list_next (clients);
         if (mhsink->timeout > 0
-            && now - mhclient->last_activity_time > mhsink->timeout) {
+            && now - mhclient->last_activity_time_monotonic > mhsink->timeout) {
           mhclient->status = GST_CLIENT_STATUS_SLOW;
           gst_multi_handle_sink_remove_client_link (mhsink, clients);
         }
diff --git a/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.c b/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.c
index 7fbe2ae3a..32c6eb50a 100644
--- a/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.c
+++ b/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.c
@@ -543,9 +543,12 @@ gst_multi_handle_sink_client_init (GstMultiHandleClient * client,
 
   /* update start time */
   client->connect_time = g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND;
+  client->connect_time_monotonic = g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND;
   client->disconnect_time = 0;
+  client->disconnect_time_monotonic = 0;
   /* set last activity time to connect time */
   client->last_activity_time = client->connect_time;
+  client->last_activity_time_monotonic = client->connect_time_monotonic;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -807,21 +810,28 @@ gst_multi_handle_sink_get_stats (GstMultiHandleSink * sink,
 
     result = gst_structure_new_empty ("multihandlesink-stats");
 
-    if (mhclient->disconnect_time == 0) {
-      interval = (g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND) - mhclient->connect_time;
+    if (mhclient->disconnect_time_monotonic == 0) {
+      interval =
+          (g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND) -
+          mhclient->connect_time_monotonic;
     } else {
-      interval = mhclient->disconnect_time - mhclient->connect_time;
+      interval =
+          mhclient->disconnect_time_monotonic -
+          mhclient->connect_time_monotonic;
     }
 
     gst_structure_set (result,
         "bytes-sent", G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->bytes_sent,
         "connect-time", G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->connect_time,
-        "disconnect-time", G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->disconnect_time,
-        "connect-duration", G_TYPE_UINT64, interval,
-        "last-activity-time", G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->last_activity_time,
-        "buffers-dropped", G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->dropped_buffers,
-        "first-buffer-ts", G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->first_buffer_ts,
-        "last-buffer-ts", G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->last_buffer_ts, NULL);
+        "connect-time-monotonic", G_TYPE_UINT64,
+        mhclient->connect_time_monotonic, "disconnect-time", G_TYPE_UINT64,
+        mhclient->disconnect_time, "disconnect-time-monotonic", G_TYPE_UINT64,
+        mhclient->disconnect_time_monotonic, "connect-duration", G_TYPE_UINT64,
+        interval, "last-activity-time-monotonic", G_TYPE_UINT64,
+        mhclient->last_activity_time_monotonic, "buffers-dropped",
+        G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->dropped_buffers, "first-buffer-ts",
+        G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->first_buffer_ts, "last-buffer-ts",
+        G_TYPE_UINT64, mhclient->last_buffer_ts, NULL);
   }
 
 noclient:
@@ -891,6 +901,7 @@ gst_multi_handle_sink_remove_client_link (GstMultiHandleSink * sink,
   mhsinkclass->hash_removing (sink, mhclient);
 
   mhclient->disconnect_time = g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND;
+  mhclient->disconnect_time_monotonic = g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND;
 
   /* free client buffers */
   g_slist_foreach (mhclient->sending, (GFunc) gst_mini_object_unref, NULL);
@@ -1652,7 +1663,7 @@ gst_multi_handle_sink_queue_buffer (GstMultiHandleSink * mhsink,
   }
 
   max_buffer_usage = 0;
-  now = g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND;
+  now = g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND;
 
   /* now check for new or slow clients */
 restart:
@@ -1670,7 +1681,8 @@ gst_multi_handle_sink_queue_buffer (GstMultiHandleSink * mhsink,
     /* check hard max and timeout, remove client */
     if ((max_buffers > 0 && mhclient->bufpos >= max_buffers) ||
         (mhsink->timeout > 0
-            && now - mhclient->last_activity_time > mhsink->timeout)) {
+            && now - mhclient->last_activity_time_monotonic >
+            mhsink->timeout)) {
       /* remove client */
       GST_WARNING_OBJECT (sink, "%s client %p is too slow, removing",
           mhclient->debug, mhclient);
diff --git a/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.h b/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.h
index 9dfabee88..01ee54a77 100644
--- a/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.h
+++ b/gst/tcp/gstmultihandlesink.h
@@ -163,8 +163,11 @@ typedef struct {
   /* stats */
   guint64 bytes_sent;
   guint64 connect_time;
+  guint64 connect_time_monotonic;
   guint64 disconnect_time;
+  guint64 disconnect_time_monotonic;
   guint64 last_activity_time;
+  guint64 last_activity_time_monotonic;
   guint64 dropped_buffers;
   guint64 avg_queue_size;
   guint64 first_buffer_ts;
diff --git a/gst/tcp/gstmultisocketsink.c b/gst/tcp/gstmultisocketsink.c
index 81a4543c8..0031fac93 100644
--- a/gst/tcp/gstmultisocketsink.c
+++ b/gst/tcp/gstmultisocketsink.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ gst_multi_socket_sink_handle_client_write (GstMultiSocketSink * sink,
 {
   gboolean more;
   gboolean flushing;
-  GstClockTime now;
+  GstClockTime now, now_monotonic;
   GError *err = NULL;
   GstMultiHandleSink *mhsink = GST_MULTI_HANDLE_SINK (sink);
   GstMultiHandleClient *mhclient = (GstMultiHandleClient *) client;
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ gst_multi_socket_sink_handle_client_write (GstMultiSocketSink * sink,
 
 
   now = g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND;
+  now_monotonic = g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND;
 
   flushing = mhclient->status == GST_CLIENT_STATUS_FLUSHING;
 
@@ -951,6 +952,7 @@ gst_multi_socket_sink_handle_client_write (GstMultiSocketSink * sink,
         /* update stats */
         mhclient->bytes_sent += wrote;
         mhclient->last_activity_time = now;
+        mhclient->last_activity_time_monotonic = now_monotonic;
         mhsink->bytes_served += wrote;
       }
     }
@@ -1115,7 +1117,7 @@ gst_multi_socket_sink_timeout (GstMultiSocketSink * sink)
   GList *clients;
   GstMultiHandleSink *mhsink = GST_MULTI_HANDLE_SINK (sink);
 
-  now = g_get_real_time () * GST_USECOND;
+  now = g_get_monotonic_time () * GST_USECOND;
 
   CLIENTS_LOCK (mhsink);
   for (clients = mhsink->clients; clients; clients = clients->next) {
@@ -1125,7 +1127,7 @@ gst_multi_socket_sink_timeout (GstMultiSocketSink * sink)
     client = clients->data;
     mhclient = (GstMultiHandleClient *) client;
     if (mhsink->timeout > 0
-        && now - mhclient->last_activity_time > mhsink->timeout) {
+        && now - mhclient->last_activity_time_monotonic > mhsink->timeout) {
       mhclient->status = GST_CLIENT_STATUS_SLOW;
       gst_multi_handle_sink_remove_client_link (mhsink, clients);
     }