diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bdf19151d..a7aec7be9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - api: fix infinite loop in function string_replace when the search string is empty
 - irc: limit size of data received from the server to prevent memory exhaustion
 - irc: fix out-of-bounds read on incoming DCC command with a quoted filename ending the message ([#2322](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2322))
+- relay: fix read of uncompressed websocket frame ([#2331](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2331))
 - relay: limit size of received websocket frame and HTTP body to prevent memory exhaustion
 - relay: fix timing attack on password authentication ([GHSA-vhv8-g2r9-cwcc](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/security/advisories/GHSA-vhv8-g2r9-cwcc), [CVE-2026-53525](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-53525))
 - api, relay: fix timing attack on TOTP validation ([GHSA-vhv8-g2r9-cwcc](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/security/advisories/GHSA-vhv8-g2r9-cwcc), [CVE-2026-53525](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-53525))
diff --git a/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c b/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c
index 497e9922d..096eb317b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c
+++ b/src/plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ 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;
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ 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;
 
@@ -778,9 +781,9 @@ 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)
             {