diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4da1a5c4..780ad5ff 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3116,6 +3116,7 @@ Mikael H
 Matthias Senzel <matthias.senzel@t-online.de>
  for reporting a problem with switching back to live viewing after replay in a setup
  with device bonding
+ for reporting a problem with handling overlapping pending timers
 
 Marek Nazarko <mnazarko@gmail.com>
  for translating OSD texts to the Polish language
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 8fa81aff..469aa94f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7779,3 +7779,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated the Lithuanian OSD texts (thanks to Valdemaras Pipiras).
 - Fixed the description of the 'M' parameter of channel definitions in vdr.5.
 - Updated the French OSD texts (thanks to Dominique Plu).
+- Fixed handling overlapping pending timers (reported by Matthias Senzel).
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 279f5532..9a880e10 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 2.17 2013/03/16 10:37:10 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 2.18 2013/03/29 15:37:16 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -720,8 +720,10 @@ cTimer *cTimers::GetMatch(time_t t)
   for (cTimer *ti = First(); ti; ti = Next(ti)) {
       if (!ti->Recording() && ti->Matches(t)) {
          if (ti->Pending()) {
-            if (ti->Index() > LastPending)
+            if (ti->Index() > LastPending) {
                LastPending = ti->Index();
+               return ti;
+               }
             else
                continue;
             }