diff --git a/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js b/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js
index 1b1fbc51..2eac086e 100755
--- a/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js
+++ b/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js
@@ -493,11 +493,11 @@ Module.register("calendar", {
 				/* if sliceMultiDayEvents is set to true, multiday events (events exceeding at least one midnight) are sliced into days,
 				* otherwise, esp. in dateheaders mode it is not clear how long these events are.
 				*/
-				if (this.config.sliceMultiDayEvents) {
+				var maxCount = Math.ceil(((event.endDate - 1) - moment(event.startDate, "x").endOf("day").format("x"))/(1000*60*60*24)) + 1;
+				if (this.config.sliceMultiDayEvents && maxCount > 1) {
 					var splitEvents = [];
 					var midnight = moment(event.startDate, "x").clone().startOf("day").add(1, "day").format("x");
 					var count = 1;
-					var maxCount = Math.ceil(((event.endDate - 1) - moment(event.startDate, "x").endOf("day").format("x"))/(1000*60*60*24)) + 1;
 					while (event.endDate > midnight) {
 						var thisEvent = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(event)) // clone object
 						thisEvent.today = thisEvent.startDate >= today && thisEvent.startDate < (today + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);