diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
index db3b7417db..a7e079880c 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
@@ -558,8 +558,7 @@ mpegts_packetizer_clear (MpegTSPacketizer2 * packetizer)
 {
   guint i;
 
-  if (packetizer->packet_size)
-    packetizer->packet_size = 0;
+  packetizer->packet_size = 0;
 
   if (packetizer->streams) {
     int i;