diff --git a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
index dc8e0b2e4..ee1cb9dc0 100644
--- a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
@@ -1466,6 +1466,9 @@ void CMovieBrowser::info_hdd_level(bool paint_hdd)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (paint_hdd)
+		paint_hdd = g_settings.infobar_show_sysfs_hdd; // don't paint if disabled by user
+
 	if (tmp_blocks_percent_used != blocks_percent_used || paint_hdd) {
 		tmp_blocks_percent_used = blocks_percent_used;
 		const short pbw = 100;