diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_mix.c b/libavfilter/vf_mix.c
index f84b9bd97471ffa94c9ed232de2f232f05523d2a..79b3733145eec5d9640c4311660aa42d9722f026 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_mix.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_mix.c
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ static int tmix_filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
     ThreadData td;
     AVFrame *out;
 
+    if (s->nb_inputs == 1)
+        return ff_filter_frame(outlink, in);
+
     if (s->nb_frames < s->nb_inputs) {
         s->frames[s->nb_frames] = in;
         s->nb_frames++;
@@ -358,6 +361,13 @@ static int tmix_filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
         s->frames[s->nb_inputs - 1] = in;
     }
 
+    if (ctx->is_disabled) {
+        out = av_frame_clone(s->frames[0]);
+        if (!out)
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        return ff_filter_frame(outlink, out);
+    }
+
     out = ff_get_video_buffer(outlink, outlink->w, outlink->h);
     if (!out)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
@@ -371,7 +381,7 @@ static int tmix_filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
 }
 
 static const AVOption tmix_options[] = {
-    { "frames", "set number of successive frames to mix", OFFSET(nb_inputs), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=3}, 2, 128, .flags = FLAGS },
+    { "frames", "set number of successive frames to mix", OFFSET(nb_inputs), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=3}, 1, 128, .flags = FLAGS },
     { "weights", "set weight for each frame", OFFSET(weights_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="1 1 1"}, 0, 0, .flags = FLAGS },
     { "scale", "set scale", OFFSET(scale), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl=0}, 0, INT16_MAX, .flags = FLAGS },
     { NULL },
@@ -398,7 +408,7 @@ AVFilter ff_vf_tmix = {
     .inputs        = inputs,
     .init          = init,
     .uninit        = uninit,
-    .flags         = AVFILTER_FLAG_SLICE_THREADS,
+    .flags         = AVFILTER_FLAG_SUPPORT_TIMELINE_INTERNAL | AVFILTER_FLAG_SLICE_THREADS,
 };
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_TMIX_FILTER */