diff --git a/stream/mts/encoder.go b/stream/mts/encoder.go
index 833c18d9..cc4a699a 100644
--- a/stream/mts/encoder.go
+++ b/stream/mts/encoder.go
@@ -257,9 +257,8 @@ func (e *Encoder) ccFor(pid int) byte {
 
 // updateMeta ...
 func updateMeta(b *[]byte) error {
-	m := Meta.Encode()
 	p := psi.PSIBytes(*b)
-	err := p.AddDescriptor(psi.MetadataTag, m)
+	err := p.AddDescriptor(psi.MetadataTag, Meta.Encode())
 	*b = []byte(p)
 	return err
 }