diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 64fc9905f..1aef9b0fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-15  Moritz Bunkus  <moritz@bunkus.org>
+
+	* mkvmerge: bug fix: Splitting by size would sometimes abort
+	directly after opening the second file.
+
 2004-02-14  Moritz Bunkus  <moritz@bunkus.org>
 
 	* mkvmerge: bug fix: Splitting by time was broken.
diff --git a/src/cluster_helper.cpp b/src/cluster_helper.cpp
index 2f48611ed..60a06df66 100644
--- a/src/cluster_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/cluster_helper.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ void cluster_helper_c::add_packet(packet_t *packet) {
 
       old_max_timecode = max_timecode;
       max_timecode = packet->assigned_timecode;
+      num_cue_elements = 0;
 
       mxinfo("\n");
       finish_file();