diff --git a/src/video_compress.cpp b/src/video_compress.cpp
index c375ada28..7a4c9d2c8 100644
--- a/src/video_compress.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress.cpp
@@ -371,20 +371,23 @@ void compress_frame(struct compress_state *proxy, shared_ptr<video_frame> frame)
                 for(unsigned i = 0; i < separate_tiles.size(); i++){
                         s->funcs->compress_tile_async_push_func(s->state[i], separate_tiles[i]);
                 }
+                return;
+        }
 
-        } else {
-                if (!frame) { // pass poisoned pill
-                        proxy->queue.push(shared_ptr<video_frame>());
-                        return;
-                }
+        // sync APIs - pass poisoned pill to the queue but not to compressions,
+        if (!frame) { // which doesn't need that but use NULL frame differently
+                proxy->queue.push(shared_ptr<video_frame>());
+                return;
+        }
 
-                shared_ptr<video_frame> sync_api_frame;
+        shared_ptr<video_frame> sync_api_frame;
+        do {
                 if (s->funcs->compress_frame_func) {
                         sync_api_frame = s->funcs->compress_frame_func(s->state[0], frame);
                 } else if(s->funcs->compress_tile_func) {
                         sync_api_frame = compress_frame_tiles(proxy, frame);
                 } else {
-                        assert(!"No egliable compress API found");
+                        assert(!"No eligible compress API found");
                 }
 
                 // empty return value here represents error, but we don't want to pass it to queue, since it would
@@ -392,11 +395,10 @@ void compress_frame(struct compress_state *proxy, shared_ptr<video_frame> frame)
                 if (!sync_api_frame) {
                         return;
                 }
-
                 sync_api_frame->compress_end = get_time_in_ns();
-
                 proxy->queue.push(sync_api_frame);
-        }
+                frame = nullptr;
+        } while (s->funcs->compress_tile_func != nullptr);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -439,19 +441,24 @@ static shared_ptr<video_frame> compress_frame_tiles(struct compress_state *proxy
                 shared_ptr<video_frame> frame)
 {
         struct compress_state_real *s = proxy->ptr;
-
-        if(!check_state_count(frame->tile_count, proxy)){
-                return NULL;
+        const int tile_cnt = (int) proxy->ptr->state.size();
+        vector<shared_ptr<video_frame>> separate_tiles;
+        if (frame) {
+                if (!check_state_count(frame->tile_count, proxy)) {
+                        return nullptr;
+                }
+                separate_tiles = vf_separate_tiles(frame);
+        } else {
+                separate_tiles.resize(tile_cnt);
         }
 
-        vector<shared_ptr<video_frame>> separate_tiles = vf_separate_tiles(frame);
         // frame pointer may no longer be valid
         frame = NULL;
 
-        vector<task_result_handle_t> task_handle(separate_tiles.size());
+        vector<task_result_handle_t> task_handle(tile_cnt);
 
-        vector <compress_worker_data> data_tile(separate_tiles.size());
-        for(unsigned int i = 0; i < separate_tiles.size(); ++i) {
+        vector <compress_worker_data> data_tile(tile_cnt);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tile_cnt; ++i) {
                 struct compress_worker_data *data = &data_tile[i];
                 data->state = s->state[i];
                 data->frame = separate_tiles[i];
diff --git a/src/video_compress.h b/src/video_compress.h
index 2c59c7f62..e971e38c6 100644
--- a/src/video_compress.h
+++ b/src/video_compress.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 #include "types.h"
 
-#define VIDEO_COMPRESS_ABI_VERSION 10
+#define VIDEO_COMPRESS_ABI_VERSION 11
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ typedef  std::shared_ptr<video_frame> (*compress_frame_t)(struct module *state,
  * @brief Compresses tile of a video frame
  * 
  * @param[in]     state         driver internal state
- * @param[in]     in_frame      uncompressed frame containing exactly one tile
+ * @param[in]     in_frame      uncompressed frame containing exactly one tile;
+ *                              empty shared_ptr to flush remaining tiles
  * @return                      compressed frame with one tile, may be NULL if compression failed
  */
 typedef  std::shared_ptr<video_frame> (*compress_tile_t)(struct module *state, std::shared_ptr<video_frame> in_frame);
diff --git a/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp b/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp
index c2df710ec..1a6cd9342 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/cuda_dxt.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ static bool configure_with(struct state_video_compress_cuda_dxt *s, struct video
 
 shared_ptr<video_frame> cuda_dxt_compress_tile(struct module *mod, shared_ptr<video_frame> tx)
 {
+        if (!tx) {
+                return {};
+        }
+
         struct state_video_compress_cuda_dxt *s =
                 (struct state_video_compress_cuda_dxt *) mod->priv_data;
 
diff --git a/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp b/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
index dffc0d57e..45d24b6f9 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
@@ -1210,6 +1210,10 @@ restore_metadata(state_video_compress_libav *s, struct video_frame *out,
 
 static shared_ptr<video_frame> libavcodec_compress_tile(struct module *mod, shared_ptr<video_frame> tx)
 {
+        if (!tx) {
+                return {};
+        }
+
         struct state_video_compress_libav *s = (struct state_video_compress_libav *) mod->priv_data;
         shared_ptr<video_frame> out{};
         list<shared_ptr<void>> cleanup_callbacks; // at function exit handlers