diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/streamingringbuffer.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/streamingringbuffer.cpp
index 79fe3399972..bcdc84d8598 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/streamingringbuffer.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/streamingringbuffer.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 StreamingRingBuffer::StreamingRingBuffer(const QString &lfilename)
   : m_context(NULL)
 {
+    startreadahead = true;
     OpenFile(lfilename);
 }