diff --git a/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py b/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
index 208ec4d5..6b8cc591 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ class Xtts(BaseTTS):
             style_embs = []
             for i in range(0, audio.shape[1], 22050 * chunk_length):
                 audio_chunk = audio[:, i : i + 22050 * chunk_length]
+
+                # if the chunk is too short ignore it 
+                if audio_chunk.size(-1) < 22050 * 0.33:
+                    continue
+
                 mel_chunk = wav_to_mel_cloning(
                     audio_chunk,
                     mel_norms=self.mel_stats.cpu(),