diff --git a/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc b/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc
index 3839b984bd..2151a3c232 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ StripSilence::run (boost::shared_ptr<Region> r, Progress* progress)
 
 	frameoffset_t const end_of_region = r->start() + r->length();
 
-	if (last_silence->second != end_of_region - 1) {
+	if (last_silence->second < end_of_region - 1) {
 		audible.push_back (std::make_pair (last_silence->second, end_of_region - 1));
 	}