diff --git a/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c b/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c
index e1fc6f02ba..03db30c109 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nellymoserenc.c
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ static void encode_block(NellyMoserEncodeContext *s, unsigned char *output, int
         if (!block)
             put_bits(&pb, NELLY_HEADER_BITS + NELLY_DETAIL_BITS - put_bits_count(&pb), 0);
     }
+
+    flush_put_bits(&pb);
 }
 
 static int encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, uint8_t *frame, int buf_size, void *data)