diff --git a/core/stats.go b/core/stats.go
index 9c5b6e6ea..3bf341479 100644
--- a/core/stats.go
+++ b/core/stats.go
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ func IsStreamConnected() bool {
 	}
 
 	// Kind of a hack.  It takes a handful of seconds between a RTMP connection and when HLS data is available.
-	// So account for that with an artificial buffer of three segments.
+	// So account for that with an artificial buffer of four segments.
 	timeSinceLastConnected := time.Since(_stats.LastConnectTime).Seconds()
-	if timeSinceLastConnected < float64(config.Config.GetVideoSegmentSecondsLength()*3.0) {
+	if timeSinceLastConnected < float64(config.Config.GetVideoSegmentSecondsLength()*4.0) {
 		return false
 	}