diff --git a/server/core/lib/transcoding/shared/job-builders/abstract-job-builder.ts b/server/core/lib/transcoding/shared/job-builders/abstract-job-builder.ts
index da5a4cd71..29be6a3f8 100644
--- a/server/core/lib/transcoding/shared/job-builders/abstract-job-builder.ts
+++ b/server/core/lib/transcoding/shared/job-builders/abstract-job-builder.ts
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ export abstract class AbstractJobBuilder <P> {
         )
       }
 
-      sequentialPayloads.push(parallelPayloads)
+      if (parallelPayloads.length !== 0) {
+        sequentialPayloads.push(parallelPayloads)
+      }
     }
 
     return sequentialPayloads