diff --git a/revid/Revid.go b/revid/Revid.go
index 4a8f0b57..d7b04fd8 100644
--- a/revid/Revid.go
+++ b/revid/Revid.go
@@ -294,9 +294,7 @@ func (r *revid) getFramePacketization() []byte {
 
 // flushDataPacketization removes data from the revid inst's coutput chan
 func (r *revid) flushData() {
-	for len(r.outputChan) > 0 {
-		<-(r.outputChan)
-	}
+	<-(r.outputChan)
 }
 
 // packClips takes data segments; whether that be tsPackets or mjpeg frames and