diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index f8d2dd40fd..449ea64899 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -5697,21 +5697,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             inputModifier = inputModifier.Trim();
 
             // Apply -probesize if configured
-            var probeSizeArgument = string.Empty;
             var ffmpegProbeSize = _config.GetFFmpegProbeSize();
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ffmpegProbeSize))
             {
-                probeSizeArgument = $"-probesize {probeSizeArgument}";
+                inputModifier += $" -probesize {ffmpegProbeSize}";
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(probeSizeArgument))
-            {
-                inputModifier += $" {probeSizeArgument}";
-            }
-
-            inputModifier = inputModifier.Trim();
-
             var userAgentParam = GetUserAgentParam(state);
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(userAgentParam))