diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 243f9cece..33419ced7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 - core: fix buffer overflow in connection to SOCKS5 proxy ([#2325](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2325))
 - relay/api: fix memory leak in resources "handshake", "input" and "completion"
+- relay: fix read of uncompressed websocket frame ([#2331](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2331))
 - xfer: fix out-of-bounds write in xfer file transfer resume ([#2326](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2326))
 
 ## Version 4.9.2 (2026-06-07)
diff --git a/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c b/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c
index 3295c3a28..e6054cc4a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c
+++ b/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ relay_websocket_decode_frame (const unsigned char *buffer,
     size_t size_decompressed;
     char *payload_decompressed;
     struct t_relay_websocket_frame *frames2, *ptr_frame;
-    int size, masked_frame, mask[4];
+    int size, compressed, masked_frame, mask[4];
 
     if (!buffer || !frames || !num_frames)
         return 0;
@@ -674,6 +674,9 @@ relay_websocket_decode_frame (const unsigned char *buffer,
 
         opcode = buffer[index_buffer] & 15;
 
+        /* RSV1 indicates whether this message is compressed */
+        compressed = (buffer[index_buffer] & 64) ? 1 : 0;
+
         /* check if frame is masked */
         masked_frame = (buffer[index_buffer + 1] & 128) ? 1 : 0;
 
@@ -780,9 +783,9 @@ relay_websocket_decode_frame (const unsigned char *buffer,
 
         /*
          * decompress data if frame is not empty and if "permessage-deflate"
-         * is enabled
+         * is enabled and the message is compressed
          */
-        if ((length_frame > 0) && ws_deflate && ws_deflate->enabled)
+        if ((length_frame > 0) && ws_deflate && ws_deflate->enabled && compressed)
         {
             if (!ws_deflate->strm_inflate)
             {