diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ca992d0e..93afd89f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ Helmut Auer <vdr@helmutauer.de>
  for making the SVDRP command PUTE support reading the EPG data from a given file
  for a patch that was used to implement the command line options --edit and
  --genindex
+ for suggesting to disable EPG processing for a while after a CLRE command
 
 Jeremy Hall <jhall@UU.NET>
  for fixing an incomplete initialization of the filter parameters in eit.c
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 89043668..8353b9ab 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6267,3 +6267,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   IMPORTANT NOTE: if VDR doesn't display a parental rating, this does not
   necessarily mean that the given programme is suitable for all audiences!
 - Rearranged cEvent members to minimize memory waste.
+- After a CLRE command, no further EPG processing is now done for 10 seconds,
+  so that data sent with subsequent PUTE commands doesn't interfere with data
+  from the broadcasters (suggested by Helmut Auer).
diff --git a/eit.c b/eit.c
index 15a2ac62..72d05cb6 100644
--- a/eit.c
+++ b/eit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Robert Schneider <Robert.Schneider@web.de> and Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>.
  * Adapted to 'libsi' for VDR 1.3.0 by Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg@gmx.de>.
  *
- * $Id: eit.c 2.9 2010/01/03 13:39:48 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: eit.c 2.10 2010/01/03 15:35:21 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "eit.h"
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ cTDT::cTDT(const u_char *Data)
 
 // --- cEitFilter ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+time_t cEitFilter::disableUntil = 0;
+
 cEitFilter::cEitFilter(void)
 {
   Set(0x12, 0x40, 0xC0);  // event info now&next actual/other TS (0x4E/0x4F), future actual/other TS (0x5X/0x6X)
@@ -358,8 +360,19 @@ cEitFilter::cEitFilter(void)
      Set(0x14, 0x70);     // TDT
 }
 
+void cEitFilter::SetDisableUntil(time_t Time)
+{
+  disableUntil = Time;
+}
+
 void cEitFilter::Process(u_short Pid, u_char Tid, const u_char *Data, int Length)
 {
+  if (disableUntil) {
+     if (time(NULL) > disableUntil)
+        disableUntil = 0;
+     else
+        return;
+     }
   switch (Pid) {
     case 0x12: {
          if (Tid >= 0x4E && Tid <= 0x6F) {
diff --git a/eit.h b/eit.h
index c57dd519..b5523728 100644
--- a/eit.h
+++ b/eit.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: eit.h 1.30 2003/12/21 14:51:50 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: eit.h 2.1 2010/01/03 15:28:34 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __EIT_H
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@
 #include "filter.h"
 
 class cEitFilter : public cFilter {
+private:
+  static time_t disableUntil;
 protected:
   virtual void Process(u_short Pid, u_char Tid, const u_char *Data, int Length);
 public:
   cEitFilter(void);
+  static void SetDisableUntil(time_t Time);
   };
 
 #endif //__EIT_H
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index 5729052a..b181fcd5 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 2.6 2009/10/18 14:08:58 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 2.7 2010/01/03 15:41:26 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ bool cPUTEhandler::Process(const char *s)
 // --- cSVDRP ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #define MAXHELPTOPIC 10
+#define EITDISABLETIME 10 // seconds until EIT processing is enabled again after a CLRE command
+                          // adjust the help for CLRE accordingly if changing this!
 
 const char *HelpPages[] = {
   "CHAN [ + | - | <number> | <name> | <id> ]\n"
@@ -187,7 +189,10 @@ const char *HelpPages[] = {
   "    it returns the current channel number and name.",
   "CLRE [ <number> | <name> | <id> ]\n"
   "    Clear the EPG list of the given channel number, name or id.\n"
-  "    Without option it clears the entire EPG list.",
+  "    Without option it clears the entire EPG list.\n"
+  "    After a CLRE command, no further EPG processing is done for 10\n"
+  "    seconds, so that data sent with subsequent PUTE commands doesn't\n"
+  "    interfere with data from the broadcasters.",
   "DELC <number>\n"
   "    Delete channel.",
   "DELR <number>\n"
@@ -574,6 +579,7 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdCLRE(const char *Option)
                }
            if (Schedule) {
               Schedule->Cleanup(INT_MAX);
+              cEitFilter::SetDisableUntil(time(NULL) + EITDISABLETIME);
               Reply(250, "EPG data of channel \"%s\" cleared", Option);
               }
            else {
@@ -589,6 +595,7 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdCLRE(const char *Option)
      }
   else {
      cSchedules::ClearAll();
+     cEitFilter::SetDisableUntil(time(NULL) + EITDISABLETIME);
      Reply(250, "EPG data cleared");
      }
 }