diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
index f61585960..5d630dcc9 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ void CMoviePlayerGui::PlayFile(void)
 
 	//CTimeOSD FileTime;
 	position = 0, duration = 0;
+	speed = 1;
 
 	playstate = CMoviePlayerGui::STOPPED;
 	printf("Startplay at %d seconds\n", startposition/1000);
@@ -574,6 +575,7 @@ void CMoviePlayerGui::PlayFile(void)
 
 		/* playback->Start() starts paused */
 		if(timeshift == 3) {
+			speed = -1;
 			playback->SetSpeed(-1);
 			playstate = CMoviePlayerGui::REW;
 			if (!FileTime.IsVisible() && !time_forced) {