diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 5b6f53db..d7034f90 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>
  channels.conf
  for adding cDevice::Flush() to make sure that all data in the video card's buffers
  has been processed
+ for reporting a bug in checking the last area for misalignment in cOsd::CanHandleAreas()
 
 Richard Robson <richard_robson@beeb.net>
  for reporting freezing replay if a timer starts while in Transfer Mode from the
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index fdc73496..f516497f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2945,3 +2945,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   input.
 - Fixed handling menu status messages when the list contents is scrolled (thanks
   Alfred Zastrow for reporting this one).
+- Fixed checking the last area for misalignment in cOsd::CanHandleAreas() (thanks
+  to Reinhard Nissl for reporting this one).
diff --git a/osd.c b/osd.c
index d87bee3e..c7ec8b89 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 1.55 2004/06/15 20:29:42 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: osd.c 1.56 2004/07/17 13:39:30 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "osd.h"
@@ -603,11 +603,11 @@ cBitmap *cOsd::GetBitmap(int Area)
 eOsdError cOsd::CanHandleAreas(const tArea *Areas, int NumAreas)
 {
   for (int i = 0; i < NumAreas; i++) {
+      if (Areas[i].x1 > Areas[i].x2 || Areas[i].y1 > Areas[i].y2 || Areas[i].x1 < 0 || Areas[i].y1 < 0)
+         return oeWrongAlignment;
       for (int j = i + 1; j < NumAreas; j++) {
           if (Areas[i].Intersects(Areas[j]))
              return oeAreasOverlap;
-          if (Areas[i].x1 > Areas[i].x2 || Areas[i].y1 > Areas[i].y2 || Areas[i].x1 < 0 || Areas[i].y1 < 0)
-             return oeWrongAlignment;
           }
       }
   return oeOk;