diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 38d3bfd9..93a2b102 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -901,6 +901,7 @@ Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>
  for reporting a high CPU load in still picture mode after removing the usleep()
  call from cDvbPlayer::Action()
  for reporting a race condition in starting a thread
+ for fixing reusing OSD in cDvbSpuDecoder
 
 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 77ad4447..74a0a8c5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3265,3 +3265,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   used to get notified when the audio track has been switched.
 - Skins need to implement the new cSkinDisplayTrack class to display the audio
   track menu.
+- Fixed reusing OSD in cDvbSpuDecoder (thanks to Reinhard Nissl).
diff --git a/dvbspu.c b/dvbspu.c
index 69611392..3c17e563 100644
--- a/dvbspu.c
+++ b/dvbspu.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * parts of this file are derived from the OMS program.
  *
- * $Id: dvbspu.c 1.8 2004/11/06 11:50:13 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbspu.c 1.9 2005/01/02 15:27:07 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -349,6 +349,20 @@ sDvbSpuRect cDvbSpuDecoder::CalcAreaSize(sDvbSpuRect fgsize, cBitmap *fgbmp, sDv
     return size;
 }
 
+static bool OsdMatchesArea(cOsd *osd, tArea &area)
+{
+  cBitmap *bmp = osd->GetBitmap(0);
+  if (!bmp)
+     return false;
+  if (bmp->Bpp() != area.bpp)
+     return false;
+  if (bmp->X0() != area.x1 || bmp->Y0() != area.y1)
+     return false;
+  if (bmp->Width() != area.Width() || bmp->Height() != area.Height())
+     return false;
+  return true;
+}
+
 void cDvbSpuDecoder::Draw(void)
 {
     if (!spubmp) {
@@ -386,12 +400,16 @@ void cDvbSpuDecoder::Draw(void)
        }
 
     if (bg || fg) {
+        int x2 = areaSize.x2;
+        while ((x2 - areaSize.x1 + 1) & 0x03)
+              x2++;
+        tArea Area = { areaSize.x1, areaSize.y1, x2, areaSize.y2, (fg && bg) ? 4 : 2 };
+        if (osd && !OsdMatchesArea(osd, Area)) {
+           delete osd;
+           osd = NULL;
+           }
         if (osd == NULL) {
            osd = cOsdProvider::NewOsd(0, 0);
-           int x2 = areaSize.x2;
-           while ((x2 - areaSize.x1 + 1) & 0x03)
-                 x2++;
-           tArea Area = { areaSize.x1, areaSize.y1, x2, areaSize.y2, (fg && bg) ? 4 : 2 };
            osd->SetAreas(&Area, 1);
            }