Index: libhb/render.c
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--- libhb/render.c	(revision 1261)
+++ libhb/render.c	(working copy)
@@ -406,10 +406,18 @@
      * Keep the last three frames in our queue, this ensures that we have the last
      * two always in there should we need to rewrite the durations on them.
      */
-    if( hb_fifo_size( pv->delay_queue ) >= 3 )
+    
+    if( job->vfr )
     {
+        if( hb_fifo_size( pv->delay_queue ) >= 3 )
+        {
+            *buf_out = hb_fifo_get( pv->delay_queue );
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
         *buf_out = hb_fifo_get( pv->delay_queue );
-    } 
+    }
 
     if( *buf_out )
     {