diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
index 9f204c9efe..c9a0afb5a8 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.c
@@ -2635,6 +2635,7 @@ gst_multi_queue_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event)
   GstEventType type;
   GstEvent *sref = NULL;
   GstPad *srcpad;
+  gboolean is_timed_event = FALSE;
 
 
   sq = GST_MULTIQUEUE_PAD (pad)->sq;
@@ -2719,6 +2720,7 @@ gst_multi_queue_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event)
           GST_MULTI_QUEUE_MUTEX_UNLOCK (mq);
         }
       }
+      is_timed_event = TRUE;
       break;
 
     default:
@@ -2742,8 +2744,13 @@ gst_multi_queue_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event)
       "Enqueuing event %p of type %s with id %d",
       event, GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (event), curid);
 
-  if (!gst_data_queue_push (sq->queue, (GstDataQueueItem *) item))
-    goto flushing;
+  if (is_timed_event) {
+    if (!gst_data_queue_push (sq->queue, (GstDataQueueItem *) item))
+      goto flushing;
+  } else {
+    if (!gst_data_queue_push_force (sq->queue, (GstDataQueueItem *) item))
+      goto flushing;
+  }
 
   /* mark EOS when we received one, we must do that after putting the
    * buffer in the queue because EOS marks the buffer as filled. */