diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ca3a8432..56ee68dd 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1457,6 +1457,8 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
  plugins
  for reporting a missing '--vfat' in the vdr.1 man page
  for fixing deleting the last character of a string menu item in insert mode
+ for reporting that the shutdown message "Recording in ... minutes, shut down anyway?"
+ may have been given with a negative number of minutes
 
 Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index d255834b..210bcb7a 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4854,3 +4854,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   event timeout" setup parameter), and the user insists in shutting down now, the
   reboot time given to the shutdown script will correspond to a time that is
   "Min. event timeout" minutes (default is 30) in the future.
+- Avoiding shutdown message "Recording in ... minutes, shut down anyway?" with
+  a negative number of minutes (reported by Udo Richter).
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 2698d6bb..436bfada 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.277 2006/08/05 10:40:57 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.278 2006/08/05 10:46:38 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -1015,16 +1015,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                   }
                if (cPluginManager::Active(tr("shut down anyway?")))
                   break;
-               cTimer *timer = Timers.GetNextActiveTimer();
-               time_t Next  = timer ? timer->StartTime() : 0;
-               time_t Delta = timer ? Next - time(NULL) : 0;
-               if (Next && Delta <= Setup.MinEventTimeout * 60) {
-                  char *buf;
-                  asprintf(&buf, tr("Recording in %ld minutes, shut down anyway?"), Delta / 60);
-                  bool confirm = Interface->Confirm(buf);
-                  free(buf);
-                  if (!confirm)
-                     break;
+               if (!cRecordControls::Active()) {
+                  cTimer *timer = Timers.GetNextActiveTimer();
+                  time_t Next  = timer ? timer->StartTime() : 0;
+                  time_t Delta = timer ? Next - time(NULL) : 0;
+                  if (Next && Delta <= Setup.MinEventTimeout * 60) {
+                     char *buf;
+                     asprintf(&buf, tr("Recording in %ld minutes, shut down anyway?"), Delta / 60);
+                     bool confirm = Interface->Confirm(buf);
+                     free(buf);
+                     if (!confirm)
+                        break;
+                     }
                   }
                ForceShutdown = true;
                break;