diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
index 9909e66c0..78dd45a0b 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ void CMoviePlayerGui::PlayFile(void)
 
 	MI_MOVIE_INFO mi;
 
-	if(p_movie_info) {
-		if(timeshift){
+	if (p_movie_info) {
+		if (timeshift != TSHIFT_MODE_OFF) {
 		// p_movie_info may be invalidated by CRecordManager while we're still using it. Create and use a copy.
 			mi = *p_movie_info;
 			p_movie_info = &mi;