diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 854aad37..9e865a94 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3651,6 +3651,7 @@ Helmut Binder <cco@aon.at>
  PMT pid were checked any more
  for reporting a problem with PMT handling in case locking the Channels list times out
  for avoiding a lengthy lock on the Channels list when starting a recording
+ for preventing switching devices for pattern timers
 
 Ulrich Eckhardt <uli@uli-eckhardt.de>
  for reporting a problem with shutdown after user inactivity in case a plugin is
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 0471c9db..f2611176 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9638,3 +9638,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed handling the timer counter in cSchedule::DelEvent().
 - Fixed MakePatternFileName() in case the event doesn't yet have a short text (reported
   by Jürgen Schneider).
+- No longer switching devices for pattern timers (thanks to Helmut Binder).
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index d3a29872..433645ae 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 5.2 2021/04/06 08:48:35 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 5.3 2021/04/06 10:00:27 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           if (Now - LastTimerCheck > TIMERCHECKDELTA) { // don't do this too often
              InhibitEpgScan = false;
              for (cTimer *Timer = Timers->First(); Timer; Timer = Timers->Next(Timer)) {
-                 if (Timer->Remote())
+                 if (Timer->Remote() || Timer->IsPatternTimer())
                     continue;
                  bool InVpsMargin = false;
                  bool NeedsTransponder = false;