diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index de4ede68..a104c177 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1026,3 +1026,6 @@ J
 
 Philip Lawatsch <philip@lawatsch.at>
  for debugging a buffer overflow in eit.c
+
+Jouni Karvo <kex@netlab.hut.fi>
+ for suggesting to make the cOsd constructor 'protected'
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a5f24577..7c2a0e87 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2905,3 +2905,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   of UTF-8 at program start, and if it is, exists and tells the user to turn off
   UTF-8 before starting VDR.
 - Some changes to the SPU decoder interface (thanks to Sven Goethel).
+- Some improvements in cOsd creation (thanks to some suggestions by Jouni Karvo).
diff --git a/dvbosd.c b/dvbosd.c
index d21bcefb..8056499f 100644
--- a/dvbosd.c
+++ b/dvbosd.c
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbosd.c 1.22 2004/05/01 15:10:44 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbosd.c 1.23 2004/06/12 13:10:03 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbosd.h"
+#include <linux/dvb/osd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/unistd.h>
+#include "dvbdevice.h"
 #include "tools.h"
 
 // --- cDvbOsd ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -18,6 +20,18 @@
 #define MAXNUMWINDOWS 7 // OSD windows are counted 1...7
 #define MAXOSDMEMORY  92000 // number of bytes available to the OSD (depends on firmware version, but there is no way of determining the actual value)
 
+class cDvbOsd : public cOsd {
+private:
+  int osdDev;
+  bool shown;
+  void Cmd(OSD_Command cmd, int color = 0, int x0 = 0, int y0 = 0, int x1 = 0, int y1 = 0, const void *data = NULL);
+public:
+  cDvbOsd(int Left, int Top, int OsdDev);
+  virtual ~cDvbOsd();
+  virtual eOsdError CanHandleAreas(const tArea *Areas, int NumAreas);
+  virtual void Flush(void);
+  };
+
 cDvbOsd::cDvbOsd(int Left, int Top, int OsdDev)
 :cOsd(Left, Top)
 {
diff --git a/dvbosd.h b/dvbosd.h
index bac43f51..752b9fa1 100644
--- a/dvbosd.h
+++ b/dvbosd.h
@@ -4,28 +4,14 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbosd.h 1.17 2004/04/30 13:44:16 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbosd.h 1.18 2004/06/12 13:09:52 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __DVBOSD_H
 #define __DVBOSD_H
 
-#include <linux/dvb/osd.h>
-#include "dvbdevice.h"
 #include "osd.h"
 
-class cDvbOsd : public cOsd {
-private:
-  int osdDev;
-  bool shown;
-  void Cmd(OSD_Command cmd, int color = 0, int x0 = 0, int y0 = 0, int x1 = 0, int y1 = 0, const void *data = NULL);
-public:
-  cDvbOsd(int Left, int Top, int OsdDev);
-  virtual ~cDvbOsd();
-  virtual eOsdError CanHandleAreas(const tArea *Areas, int NumAreas);
-  virtual void Flush(void);
-  };
-
 class cDvbOsdProvider : public cOsdProvider {
 private:
   int osdDev;
diff --git a/osd.c b/osd.c
index ac950ff6..6bfa1e5b 100644
--- a/osd.c
+++ b/osd.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: osd.c 1.52 2004/06/05 16:52:51 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: osd.c 1.53 2004/06/12 13:24:42 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "osd.h"
@@ -713,6 +713,10 @@ cOsdProvider::~cOsdProvider()
 
 cOsd *cOsdProvider::NewOsd(int Left, int Top)
 {
+  if (cOsd::IsOpen()) {
+     esyslog("ERROR: attempt to open OSD while it is already open!");
+     return NULL;
+     }
   if (osdProvider)
      return osdProvider->CreateOsd(Left, Top);
   esyslog("ERROR: no OSD provider available - using dummy OSD!");
diff --git a/osd.h b/osd.h
index 947e076f..172c4757 100644
--- a/osd.h
+++ b/osd.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: osd.h 1.45 2004/06/05 12:38:44 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: osd.h 1.46 2004/06/12 13:14:48 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __OSD_H
@@ -208,13 +208,14 @@ struct tArea {
 #define MAXOSDAREAS 16
 
 class cOsd {
+  friend class cOsdProvider;
 private:
   static bool isOpen;
   cBitmap *savedRegion;
   cBitmap *bitmaps[MAXOSDAREAS];
   int numBitmaps;
   int left, top, width, height;
-public:
+protected:
   cOsd(int Left, int Top);
        ///< Initializes the OSD with the given coordinates.
        ///< By default it is assumed that the full area will be able to display
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ public:
        ///< and should require only the minimum necessary color depth. This is
        ///< because a derived cOsd class may or may not be able to handle more
        ///< than one area.
+public:
   virtual ~cOsd();
        ///< Shuts down the OSD.
   static bool IsOpen(void) { return isOpen; }