diff --git a/wled00/ws.cpp b/wled00/ws.cpp
index 4fd23392..99cdf4ff 100644
--- a/wled00/ws.cpp
+++ b/wled00/ws.cpp
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ bool sendLiveLedsWs(uint32_t wsClient)
   if (!wsc || wsc->queueLength() > 0) return false; //only send if queue free
 
   uint16_t used = strip.getLengthTotal();
-  uint16_t n = (used -1) /MAX_LIVE_LEDS_WS +1; //only serve every n'th LED if count over MAX_LIVE_LEDS
-  AsyncWebSocketMessageBuffer * wsBuf = ws.makeBuffer(2 + MIN(used, MAX_LIVE_LEDS_WS)*3);
+  uint16_t n = (used/MAX_LIVE_LEDS_WS) +1; //only serve every n'th LED if count over MAX_LIVE_LEDS_WS
+  AsyncWebSocketMessageBuffer * wsBuf = ws.makeBuffer(2 + (used*3)/n);
   if (!wsBuf) return false; //out of memory
   uint8_t* buffer = wsBuf->get();
   buffer[0] = 'L';