diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 26798382..00fe4b3b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -10034,7 +10034,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   (suggested by Stefan Hofmann).
 - Added vdrrootdir and incdir to vdr.pc (thanks to Stefan Hofmann).
 
-2025-01-10:
+2025-01-13:
 
 - Removed all DEPRECATED_* code.
 - Fixed error checking in case the fps value can't be determined by the frame parser.
@@ -10048,3 +10048,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed accessing a timer's event schedule in case the event has been removed from the
   schedule.
 - Fixed a possible deadlock when canceling an editing process.
+- Checking for VPS control is now limited to local timers.
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 53b1bdf5..7854941e 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 5.23 2025/01/10 16:11:02 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 5.24 2025/01/13 12:34:18 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ bool cTimer::Matches(time_t t, bool Directly, int Margin) const
      return false;
   deferred = 0;
 
-  if (HasFlags(tfActive)) {
+  if (HasFlags(tfActive) && !Remote()) {
      if (event) {
         if (HasFlags(tfVps)) {
            if (event->Vps()) {