diff --git a/webrtc/RTCPeerConnection-helper.js b/webrtc/RTCPeerConnection-helper.js
index df277ff6d35585..9baf840df21321 100644
--- a/webrtc/RTCPeerConnection-helper.js
+++ b/webrtc/RTCPeerConnection-helper.js
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ function createDataChannelPair(
 
 // Wait for RTP and RTCP stats to arrive
 async function waitForRtpAndRtcpStats(pc) {
+  // If remote stats are never reported, return after 5 seconds.
+  const startTime = performance.now();
   while (true) {
     const report = await pc.getStats();
     const stats = [...report.values()].filter(({type}) => type.endsWith("bound-rtp"));
@@ -259,6 +261,9 @@ async function waitForRtpAndRtcpStats(pc) {
     if (stats.length && stats.every(({localId, remoteId}) => localId || remoteId)) {
       break;
     }
+    if (performance.now() > startTime + 5000) {
+      break;
+    }
   }
 }