diff --git a/postprocessing/mppnccombine/mppnccombine.c b/postprocessing/mppnccombine/mppnccombine.c
index 7c8cea12..d797fbfc 100644
--- a/postprocessing/mppnccombine/mppnccombine.c
+++ b/postprocessing/mppnccombine/mppnccombine.c
@@ -1004,29 +1004,28 @@ int process_vars(struct fileinfo *ncinfile, struct fileinfo *ncoutfile,
      recdimsize=ncinfile->dimsize[ncinfile->recdim];
 
    /* Check the number of records */
-   if (*nrecs==1)
-     {
-       *nrecs=recdimsize;
-
-      if ((*bf) >= 1)
-        {
-         if ((*bf) > (*nrecs)) {
-           fprintf(stderr, "blocking factor (k) > total records (%d). Setting blocking factor to %d.\n",
-                   *nrecs, *nrecs);
-           *bf = *nrecs;
-         }
-         if (((*nrecs) % (*bf)) != 0) *nblocks = (int)((*nrecs)/(*bf)) + 1;
-         else *nblocks = (int)((*nrecs)/(*bf));
-        }
-      else
-        {
-         /* bf was set to zero, so we do full buffering */
-         *bf = min(MAX_BF,*nrecs); // we use the maximum blocking factor in our capacity
-         /* normally we'll have one block, unless we hit MAX_BF */
-         *nblocks = (int)((*nrecs)/(*bf));
-        }
-        if (verbose) fprintf(stderr, "blocking factor=%d, num. blocks=%d, num. records=%d\n",*bf,*nblocks, *nrecs);
+   if (*nrecs==1) {
+     *nrecs=recdimsize;
+
+     /* adjust bf */
+     if ((*bf) >= 1) {
+       if ((*bf) > (*nrecs)) {
+         fprintf(stderr, "blocking factor (k) > total records (%d). Setting blocking factor to %d.\n",
+                 *nrecs, *nrecs);
+         *bf = *nrecs;
+       }
      }
+     else {
+       /* bf was set to zero, so we do full buffering */
+       *bf = min(MAX_BF,*nrecs); // we use the maximum blocking factor in our capacity
+       /* normally we'll have one block, unless we hit MAX_BF */
+     }
+     /* find nblocks */
+     if (((*nrecs) % (*bf)) != 0) *nblocks = (int)((*nrecs)/(*bf)) + 1;
+     else *nblocks = (int)((*nrecs)/(*bf));
+ 
+     if (verbose) fprintf(stderr, "blocking factor=%d, num. blocks=%d, num. records=%d\n",*bf,*nblocks, *nrecs);
+   }
    else
      if (recdimsize != *nrecs)
        {
diff --git a/t/Test02-mppnccombine.sh b/t/Test02-mppnccombine.sh
index 6785e76a..06257d87 100755
--- a/t/Test02-mppnccombine.sh
+++ b/t/Test02-mppnccombine.sh
@@ -33,3 +33,16 @@ load test_utils
   run_and_check [ -e mppnccombine_output.nc ]
   ncdump -h mppnccombine_output.nc
 }
+
+@test "mppnccombine combines with blocking factor 0" {
+
+  generate_all_from_ncl_num mppnccombine Test02-input
+
+  #Combine the files into 1
+  mppnccombine \
+      -k 0 \
+      mppnccombine_output.nc \
+      mppnccombine.nc.????
+  run_and_check [ -e mppnccombine_output.nc ]
+  ncdump -h mppnccombine_output.nc
+}