diff --git a/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c b/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c
index 854f85e34654ee3a3ef61b83348dafbc2f07bcec..bdacff1ab6d3ae83404b92ee14f480dd0a0739ed 100644
--- a/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c
+++ b/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ static int opus_multistream_encode_native
       curr_max -= IMAX(0,2*(st->layout.nb_streams-s-1)-1);
       curr_max = IMIN(curr_max,MS_FRAME_TMP);
       /* Repacketizer will add one byte for self-delimited frames */
-      if (s != st->layout.nb_streams-1) curr_max--;
+      if (s != st->layout.nb_streams-1) curr_max -=  curr_max>253 ? 2 : 1;
       if (!vbr && s == st->layout.nb_streams-1)
          opus_encoder_ctl(enc, OPUS_SET_BITRATE(curr_max*(8*Fs/frame_size)));
       len = opus_encode_native(enc, buf, frame_size, tmp_data, curr_max, lsb_depth,