diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 5d6d994d42..2cb9132c10 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static void do_video_out(AVFormatContext *s,
 
     *frame_size = 0;
 
-    if(video_sync_method>0 || (video_sync_method && av_q2d(enc->time_base) > 0.001)){
+    if(video_sync_method){
         double vdelta;
         vdelta = get_sync_ipts(ost) / av_q2d(enc->time_base) - ost->sync_opts;
         //FIXME set to 0.5 after we fix some dts/pts bugs like in avidec.c