diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2c9e2380..8490ca33 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3113,3 +3113,7 @@ Dominique Plu <dplu@free.fr>
 
 Matti Lehtimäki <matti.lehtimaki@gmail.com>
  for translating OSD texts to the Finnish language
+
+Siegfried Bosch <bosch@math.uni-muenster.de>
+ for fixing a possible "Channel not available" if a recording starts on a system with
+ bonded devices
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 489c61a6..00e74a84 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7742,3 +7742,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   of the plugin source.
 - The parameters PATH and NAME to the --dirnames command line option may now be left
   empty to use the default values if only ENC shall be set.
+- Fixed a possible "Channel not available" if a recording starts on a system with
+  bonded devices (thanks to Siegfried Bosch).
diff --git a/dvbdevice.c b/dvbdevice.c
index cd017a2d..0ec29ae9 100644
--- a/dvbdevice.c
+++ b/dvbdevice.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbdevice.c 2.84 2013/03/07 09:42:29 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbdevice.c 2.85 2013/03/12 10:08:34 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbdevice.h"
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ bool cDvbTuner::BondingOk(const cChannel *Channel, bool ConsiderOccupied) const
      cString BondingParams = GetBondingParams(Channel);
      do {
         if (t->device->Priority() > IDLEPRIORITY || ConsiderOccupied && t->device->Occupied()) {
-           if (strcmp(BondingParams, t->GetBondingParams()) != 0)
+           if (strcmp(BondingParams, t->GetBondedMaster()->GetBondingParams()) != 0)
               return false;
            }
         t = t->bondedTuner;