diff --git a/src/common/init.c b/src/common/init.c
index 8c5b60dcb..a501ed348 100644
--- a/src/common/init.c
+++ b/src/common/init.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void ffStart(void)
     ffHideCursor = instance.config.hideCursor && !instance.config.pipe && !instance.state.resultDoc;
 
     #ifdef _WIN32
-    if (!instance.config.noBuffer) setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOFBF, 4096);
+    setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOFBF, instance.config.noBuffer ? 0 : 4096);
     SetConsoleCtrlHandler(consoleHandler, TRUE);
     HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
     DWORD mode = 0;