diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
index 217922be8..8205f37d2 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ bool CMoviePlayerGui::StartWebtv(void)
 	if (videoDecoder->getBlank())
 		videoDecoder->setBlank(false);
 
-	mutex.lock();
+	// mutex.lock();
 	bool res = false;
 	if (playback) {
 		playback->Open(is_file_player ? PLAYMODE_FILE : PLAYMODE_TS);
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ bool CMoviePlayerGui::StartWebtv(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mutex.unlock();
+	// mutex.unlock();
 	return res;
 }