diff --git a/src/stream_sock.c b/src/stream_sock.c
index 5539cd2..d475284 100644
--- a/src/stream_sock.c
+++ b/src/stream_sock.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
 		goto out_wakeup;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_SPLICE)
-	if (b->to_forward && b->flags & BF_KERN_SPLICING) {
+	if (b->to_forward >= MIN_SPLICE_FORWARD && b->flags & BF_KERN_SPLICING) {
 
 		/* Under Linux, if FD_POLL_HUP is set, we have reached the end.
 		 * Since older splice() implementations were buggy and returned