diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index ce873ee38b..b3b26337f4 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@
 
 oe_setup_addon service.multimedia.vdr-addon
 
-check_tmpfs_mount() {
-  grep " /var/run/vdr " /proc/mounts >/dev/null
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-    mkdir -p /var/run/vdr
-    mount -t tmpfs -o size=10% tmpfs /var/run/vdr
-  fi
-}
-
 fix_config() {
   if [ -f "$ADDON_CONFIG_DIR/setup.conf" ]; then
     sed -i -e '/^$/d' $ADDON_CONFIG_DIR/setup.conf
@@ -121,6 +113,8 @@ if [ "$ENABLE_EPGSEARCH" == "true" ] ; then
 fi
 if [ "$ENABLE_XMLTV2VDR" == "true" ] ; then
   VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P 'xmltv2vdr --epgfile=$ADDON_CACHE_DIR/epg.db'"
+  # xmltv2vdr needs /var/run/vdr
+  grep -q " /var/run/vdr " /proc/mounts || ( mkdir -p /var/run/vdr && mount -t tmpfs -o size=10% tmpfs /var/run/vdr )
 fi
 # vnsi/xvdr last
 VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P $PVR_PLUGIN"
@@ -157,6 +151,5 @@ if [ "$WAIT_FOR_FEINIT" == "true" ] ; then
   done
 fi
 
-check_tmpfs_mount
 fix_config
 eval LANG=en_US.UTF-8 exec vdr.bin $VDR_ARG