diff --git a/panels/viewer.cpp b/panels/viewer.cpp
index 97e0ef61f..7e6e5df58 100644
--- a/panels/viewer.cpp
+++ b/panels/viewer.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ void Viewer::seek(long p) {
 	update_parents();
     reset_all_audio();
     assert_audio_device();
+    audio_scrub = true;
 }
 
 void Viewer::go_to_start() {
diff --git a/playback/audio.cpp b/playback/audio.cpp
index 08c49ada7..feb0d7aee 100644
--- a/playback/audio.cpp
+++ b/playback/audio.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 QAudioOutput* audio_output;
 QIODevice* audio_io_device;
 bool audio_device_set = false;
-bool force_audio_send = false;
+bool audio_scrub = false;
 QMutex audio_write_lock;
 QAudioInput* audio_input = NULL;
 QFile output_recording;
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void AudioSenderThread::run() {
 		cond.wait(&lock);
 		if (close) {
 			break;
-        } else if (panel_sequence_viewer->playing || panel_footage_viewer->playing || force_audio_send) {
+        } else if (panel_sequence_viewer->playing || panel_footage_viewer->playing || audio_scrub) {
 			int written_bytes = 0;
 
 			int adjusted_read_index = audio_ibuffer_read%audio_ibuffer_size;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void AudioSenderThread::run() {
 				written_bytes += send_audio_to_output(0, audio_ibuffer_size);
 			}
 
-            force_audio_send = false;
+            audio_scrub = false;
 		}
 	}
 	lock.unlock();
diff --git a/playback/audio.h b/playback/audio.h
index b359d9e64..344f503b1 100644
--- a/playback/audio.h
+++ b/playback/audio.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern qint8 audio_ibuffer[audio_ibuffer_size];
 extern int audio_ibuffer_read;
 extern long audio_ibuffer_frame;
 extern double audio_ibuffer_timecode;
-extern bool force_audio_send;
+extern bool audio_scrub;
 void clear_audio_ibuffer();
 
 void init_audio(Sequence *s);
diff --git a/playback/cacher.cpp b/playback/cacher.cpp
index 9695d631c..026a7146b 100644
--- a/playback/cacher.cpp
+++ b/playback/cacher.cpp
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ void cache_audio_worker(Clip* c, bool scrubbing, Clip* nest) {
 			audio_write_lock.unlock();
 
             if (scrubbing) {
-                force_audio_send = true;
                 audio_thread->notifyReceiver();
             }
 
diff --git a/ui/viewerwidget.cpp b/ui/viewerwidget.cpp
index eb91042b8..48163a31f 100644
--- a/ui/viewerwidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/viewerwidget.cpp
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ GLuint ViewerWidget::compose_sequence(Clip* nest, bool render_audio) {
 					}
 				}
             } else {
-                if (render_audio || config.enable_audio_scrubbing) {
+                if (render_audio || (config.enable_audio_scrubbing && audio_scrub)) {
 					switch (c->media_type) {
 					case MEDIA_TYPE_FOOTAGE:
 					case MEDIA_TYPE_TONE: