diff --git a/src/chapter_parser_xml.cpp b/src/chapter_parser_xml.cpp
index 642cfef42..3c5cdd17d 100644
--- a/src/chapter_parser_xml.cpp
+++ b/src/chapter_parser_xml.cpp
@@ -601,6 +601,38 @@ bool probe_xml_chapters(mm_text_io_c *in) {
   return false;
 }
 
+KaxChapters *select_chapters_in_timeframe(KaxChapters *chapters,
+                                          int64_t min_tc, int64_t max_tc,
+                                          int64_t offset, bool validate) {
+  uint32_t i;
+  KaxEditionEntry *eentry;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < chapters->ListSize(); i++) {
+    if (validate)
+      validate_chapters(0, -1, *static_cast<EbmlMaster *>((*chapters)[i]));
+    remove_entries(min_tc, max_tc, offset,
+                   *static_cast<EbmlMaster *>((*chapters)[i]));
+  }
+
+  i = 0;
+  while (i < chapters->ListSize()) {
+    eentry = static_cast<KaxEditionEntry *>((*chapters)[i]);
+    if (eentry->ListSize() == 0) {
+      chapters->Remove(i);
+      delete eentry;
+
+    } else
+      i++;
+  }
+
+  if (chapters->ListSize() == 0) {
+    delete chapters;
+    chapters = NULL;
+  }
+
+  return chapters;
+}
+
 KaxChapters *parse_xml_chapters(mm_text_io_c *in, int64_t min_tc,
                                 int64_t max_tc, int64_t offset) {
   bool done;
@@ -608,10 +640,8 @@ KaxChapters *parse_xml_chapters(mm_text_io_c *in, int64_t min_tc,
   XML_Parser parser;
   XML_Error xerror;
   char *emsg;
-  int i;
   string buffer;
   KaxChapters *chapters;
-  KaxEditionEntry *eentry;
 
   done = 0;
 
@@ -650,29 +680,9 @@ KaxChapters *parse_xml_chapters(mm_text_io_c *in, int64_t min_tc,
 
   chapters = pdata->chapters;
   if (chapters != NULL) {
-
-    for (i = 0; i < chapters->ListSize(); i++) {
-      validate_chapters(0, -1, *static_cast<EbmlMaster *>((*chapters)[i]));
-      remove_entries(min_tc, max_tc, offset,
-                     *static_cast<EbmlMaster *>((*chapters)[i]));
-    }
-
-    i = 0;
-    while (i < chapters->ListSize()) {
-      eentry = static_cast<KaxEditionEntry *>((*chapters)[i]);
-      if (eentry->ListSize() == 0) {
-        chapters->Remove(i);
-        delete eentry;
-
-      } else
-        i++;
-    }
-
-    if (chapters->ListSize() == 0) {
-      delete chapters;
-      chapters = NULL;
-
-    } else if (!chapters->CheckMandatory())
+    chapters = select_chapters_in_timeframe(chapters, min_tc, max_tc, offset,
+                                            true);
+    if ((chapters != NULL) && !chapters->CheckMandatory())
       die("chapters->CheckMandatory() failed. Should not have happened!");
   }
 
diff --git a/src/chapters.h b/src/chapters.h
index 8790a1b03..079e07838 100644
--- a/src/chapters.h
+++ b/src/chapters.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ void write_chapters_xml(KaxChapters *chapters, FILE *out);
 void write_chapters_simple(int &chapter_num, KaxChapters *chapters, FILE *out);
 
 KaxChapters *copy_chapters(KaxChapters *source);
+KaxChapters *select_chapters_in_timeframe(KaxChapters *chapters,
+                                          int64_t min_tc, int64_t max_tc,
+                                          int64_t offset, bool validate);
 
 #endif // __CHAPTERS_H
 
diff --git a/src/mkvmerge.cpp b/src/mkvmerge.cpp
index 887254bab..80f13f767 100644
--- a/src/mkvmerge.cpp
+++ b/src/mkvmerge.cpp
@@ -1900,8 +1900,9 @@ void finish_file() {
     start = cluster_helper->get_first_timecode() + offset;
     end = cluster_helper->get_max_timecode() + offset;
 
-    chapters_here = parse_chapters(chapter_file_name, start, end, offset,
-                                   chapter_language, chapter_charset);
+    chapters_here = copy_chapters(kax_chapters);
+    chapters_here = select_chapters_in_timeframe(chapters_here, start, end,
+                                                 offset, false);
     if (chapters_here != NULL)
       kax_chapters_void->ReplaceWith(*chapters_here, *out, true);
     delete kax_chapters_void;