From e4c60e1e6204e0b191afd03069c8732529dbd4a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Ros <aler9.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:46:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tests: fix race condition (#5338)

---
 internal/protocols/hls/to_stream_test.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/protocols/hls/to_stream_test.go b/internal/protocols/hls/to_stream_test.go
index 71e5e287..4040d0f0 100644
--- a/internal/protocols/hls/to_stream_test.go
+++ b/internal/protocols/hls/to_stream_test.go
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ func TestToStream(t *testing.T) {
 				medias[0],
 				medias[0].Formats[0],
 				func(u *unit.Unit) error {
-					require.Equal(t, time.Date(2018, 0o5, 20, 8, 17, 15, 0, time.UTC), u.NTP)
-					close(done)
+					if !u.NilPayload() {
+						require.Equal(t, time.Date(2018, 0o5, 20, 8, 17, 15, 0, time.UTC), u.NTP)
+						close(done)
+					}
 					return nil
 				})