diff --git a/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c b/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c
index e3e7d7628309893e5c82ebcde629a4345a3ce5c5..88f71d19d0163c4e1ff8dd0e1239f2c3bb32b80c 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static bool rate_control_modified(obs_properties_t *ppts, obs_property_t *p,
 		obs_data_t *settings)
 {
 	const char *rc = obs_data_get_string(settings, "rate_control");
+	bool use_bufsize = obs_data_get_bool(settings, "use_bufsize");
 	bool abr = astrcmpi(rc, "CBR") == 0 || astrcmpi(rc, "ABR") == 0;
 	bool rc_crf = astrcmpi(rc, "CRF") == 0;
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ static bool rate_control_modified(obs_properties_t *ppts, obs_property_t *p,
 	p = obs_properties_get(ppts, "use_bufsize");
 	obs_property_set_visible(p, !rc_crf);
 	p = obs_properties_get(ppts, "buffer_size");
-	obs_property_set_visible(p, !rc_crf);
+	obs_property_set_visible(p, !rc_crf && use_bufsize);
 	return true;
 }