diff --git a/doc/dox/internals/midi.dox b/doc/dox/internals/midi.dox
index 819652bd6..35cc1d634 100644
--- a/doc/dox/internals/midi.dox
+++ b/doc/dox/internals/midi.dox
@@ -83,15 +83,17 @@ start/end bytes combinations:
  |-----------------------------------------------------------|
  | Sublist Position |  Head Status Octet | Tail Status Octet |
  |-----------------------------------------------------------|
- |    first         |       0xF0         |       0xF0        |
+ |    first         |       0xF0         |       (0xF0)      |
  |-----------------------------------------------------------|
- |    middle        |       0xF7         |       0xF0        |
+ |    middle        |       0xF7         |       (0xF0)      |
  |-----------------------------------------------------------|
  |    last          |       0xF7         |       0xF7        |
  |-----------------------------------------------------------|
  |    cancel        |       0xF7         |       0xF4        |
  -----------------------------------------------------------
 
+The trailing 0xf0 byte can be omitted at the end of continuation packets.
+
 Nodes that require a complete SysEx message must be able to assemble the
 complete message from the parts before processing the message.
 
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-seq.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-seq.c
index 9060a2402..df6ceee88 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-seq.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-seq.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static int process_read(struct seq_state *state)
 	/* copy all new midi events into their port buffers */
 	while (1) {
 		const snd_seq_addr_t *addr;
-		uint8_t head = 0, tail = 0, extra = 0, *dst;
+		uint8_t head = 0, extra = 0, *dst;
 		uint64_t ev_time, diff;
 		uint32_t offset;
 		void *event;
@@ -715,10 +715,6 @@ static int process_read(struct seq_state *state)
 				size = ev->data.ext.len;
 				data = dst = ev->data.ext.ptr;
 
-				if (dst[size-1] != 0xf7) {
-					tail = 0xf0;
-					extra++;
-				}
 				if (dst[0] != 0xf0) {
 					head = 0xf7;
 					extra++;
@@ -739,8 +735,6 @@ static int process_read(struct seq_state *state)
 
 		spa_pod_builder_control(&port->builder, offset, ump ? SPA_CONTROL_UMP : SPA_CONTROL_Midi );
 		dst = spa_pod_builder_reserve_bytes(&port->builder, size + extra);
-		if (tail)
-			dst[size+extra-1] = tail;
 		if (head) {
 			dst[0] = head;
 			dst++;