diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4d984a83..12ffc0e0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ Sascha Volkenandt <sascha@akv-soft.de>
  for pointing out a "near miss" condition in cCondVar
  for reporting a bug in cChannel::SetName() in case only the ShortName or Provider
  has changed
+ for fixing a possible recursion in cControl::Shutdown()
 
 Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm.caldwell@ntu.edu.au>
  for modifying LOF handling to allow for C-band reception
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 5bef4288..0c29d49b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3154,3 +3154,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Brugger for reporting this one).
 - Fixed some characters in the iso8859-2 font file (thanks to Dino Ravnic).
 - Fixed some errors in the Croatian language texts (thanks to Dino Ravnic).
+- Fixed a possible recursion in cControl::Shutdown() (thanks to Sascha Volkenandt).
diff --git a/player.c b/player.c
index c08e4230..2b306c0b 100644
--- a/player.c
+++ b/player.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: player.c 1.7 2004/04/16 13:34:11 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: player.c 1.8 2004/11/20 11:33:08 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "player.h"
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ void cControl::Attach(void)
 
 void cControl::Shutdown(void)
 {
-  delete control;
+  cControl *c = control; // avoids recursions
   control = NULL;
+  delete c;
 }