diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e6686ae41..4ef4f0638 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
   regular sub-expressions for ISO 639-1 codes could match on empty strings,
   too, causing matches in wrong places and hence no language being recognized
   in certain situations. Fixes #2298.
+* mkvmerge: Matroska reader: fixed mkvmerge buffering the whole file if a
+  video track is multiplexed that consists of only one or a few frames. Fixes
+  #2304.
 
 
 # Version 23.0.0 "The Bride Said No" 2018-05-02
diff --git a/src/input/r_matroska.cpp b/src/input/r_matroska.cpp
index 12b04d688..d11a83501 100644
--- a/src/input/r_matroska.cpp
+++ b/src/input/r_matroska.cpp
@@ -2233,7 +2233,7 @@ kax_reader_c::read(generic_packetizer_c *requested_ptzr,
     auto requested_ptzr_track = m_ptzr_to_track_map[requested_ptzr];
     if (   !requested_ptzr_track
         || (!force && ('a' != requested_ptzr_track->type) && ('v' != requested_ptzr_track->type))
-        || ( force && (128 * 1024 * 1024 >= num_queued_bytes)))
+        || (128 * 1024 * 1024 < num_queued_bytes))
       return FILE_STATUS_HOLDING;
   }