diff --git a/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxpartreader.c b/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxpartreader.c
index 59ecb36f66..784c4bbdff 100644
--- a/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxpartreader.c
+++ b/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxpartreader.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ gst_splitmux_part_reader_get_end_offset (GstSplitMuxPartReader * reader)
   SPLITMUX_PART_LOCK (reader);
   for (cur = g_list_first (reader->pads); cur != NULL; cur = g_list_next (cur)) {
     GstSplitMuxPartPad *part_pad = SPLITMUX_PART_PAD_CAST (cur->data);
-    if (part_pad->max_ts < ret)
+    if (!part_pad->is_sparse && part_pad->max_ts < ret)
       ret = part_pad->max_ts;
   }