diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.cpp b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.cpp
index a3ad14624ac7b..ae6f5a804e7a5 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.cpp
@@ -1700,10 +1700,10 @@ void CVideoPlayer::ProcessAudioData(CDemuxStream* pStream, DemuxPacket* pPacket)
 {
   CheckStreamChanges(m_CurrentAudio, pStream);
 
-  CheckContinuity(m_CurrentAudio, pPacket);
+  bool checkcont = CheckContinuity(m_CurrentAudio, pPacket);
   UpdateTimestamps(m_CurrentAudio, pPacket);
 
-  if (m_CurrentAudio.avsync == CCurrentStream::AV_SYNC_CHECK)
+  if (checkcont && (m_CurrentAudio.avsync == CCurrentStream::AV_SYNC_CHECK))
     m_CurrentAudio.avsync = CCurrentStream::AV_SYNC_NONE;
 
   bool drop = false;
@@ -1739,13 +1739,14 @@ void CVideoPlayer::ProcessAudioData(CDemuxStream* pStream, DemuxPacket* pPacket)
 void CVideoPlayer::ProcessVideoData(CDemuxStream* pStream, DemuxPacket* pPacket)
 {
   CheckStreamChanges(m_CurrentVideo, pStream);
+  bool checkcont = false;
 
   if( pPacket->iSize != 4) //don't check the EOF_SEQUENCE of stillframes
   {
-    CheckContinuity(m_CurrentVideo, pPacket);
+    checkcont = CheckContinuity(m_CurrentVideo, pPacket);
     UpdateTimestamps(m_CurrentVideo, pPacket);
   }
-  if (m_CurrentVideo.avsync == CCurrentStream::AV_SYNC_CHECK)
+  if (checkcont && (m_CurrentVideo.avsync == CCurrentStream::AV_SYNC_CHECK))
     m_CurrentVideo.avsync = CCurrentStream::AV_SYNC_NONE;
 
   bool drop = false;
@@ -2198,13 +2199,13 @@ static void UpdateLimits(double& minimum, double& maximum, double dts)
   if(maximum == DVD_NOPTS_VALUE || maximum < dts) maximum = dts;
 }
 
-void CVideoPlayer::CheckContinuity(CCurrentStream& current, DemuxPacket* pPacket)
+bool CVideoPlayer::CheckContinuity(CCurrentStream& current, DemuxPacket* pPacket)
 {
   if (m_playSpeed < DVD_PLAYSPEED_PAUSE)
-    return;
+    return false;
 
   if( pPacket->dts == DVD_NOPTS_VALUE || current.dts == DVD_NOPTS_VALUE)
-    return;
+    return false;
 
   double mindts = DVD_NOPTS_VALUE, maxdts = DVD_NOPTS_VALUE;
   UpdateLimits(mindts, maxdts, m_CurrentAudio.dts);
@@ -2214,7 +2215,7 @@ void CVideoPlayer::CheckContinuity(CCurrentStream& current, DemuxPacket* pPacket
 
   /* if we don't have max and min, we can't do anything more */
   if( mindts == DVD_NOPTS_VALUE || maxdts == DVD_NOPTS_VALUE )
-    return;
+    return false;
 
   double correction = 0.0;
   if( pPacket->dts > maxdts + DVD_MSEC_TO_TIME(1000))
@@ -2266,6 +2267,7 @@ void CVideoPlayer::CheckContinuity(CCurrentStream& current, DemuxPacket* pPacket
       current.avsync = CCurrentStream::AV_SYNC_CONT;
   }
   current.lastdts = lastdts;
+  return true;
 }
 
 bool CVideoPlayer::CheckSceneSkip(CCurrentStream& current)
diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.h b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.h
index 6a36e168bb202..01b2bd812341c 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.h
+++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayer.h
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class CVideoPlayer : public IPlayer, public CThread, public IVideoPlayer, public
   void SynchronizePlayers(unsigned int sources);
   void SynchronizeDemuxer(unsigned int timeout);
   void CheckAutoSceneSkip();
-  void CheckContinuity(CCurrentStream& current, DemuxPacket* pPacket);
+  bool CheckContinuity(CCurrentStream& current, DemuxPacket* pPacket);
   bool CheckSceneSkip(CCurrentStream& current);
   bool CheckPlayerInit(CCurrentStream& current);
   void UpdateCorrection(DemuxPacket* pkt, double correction);