diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a81906d3..76e27103 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -553,3 +553,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed high system load when displaying a still picture in replay.
 - Fixed a hanging SVDRP connection if the client dies without issuing QUIT.
 - Increased the frame buffer size to 192KB.
+- Removed a superfluous VIDEO_FREEZE call in the replay buffer.
diff --git a/dvbapi.c b/dvbapi.c
index 34af18a3..237b3e76 100644
--- a/dvbapi.c
+++ b/dvbapi.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.85 2001/07/22 09:33:01 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.86 2001/07/22 09:34:55 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbapi.h"
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ void cReplayBuffer::Clear(bool Block)
      Lock();
      cRingBuffer::Clear();
      playIndex = -1;
-     CHECK(ioctl(videoDev, VIDEO_FREEZE));
      CHECK(ioctl(videoDev, VIDEO_CLEAR_BUFFER));
      CHECK(ioctl(audioDev, AUDIO_CLEAR_BUFFER));
      }