1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mplayer.c b/mplayer.c
index 23a9e7372c..e7f4607d9b 100644
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -3111,7 +3111,10 @@ if(sh_video) {
     free(tmp);
     if (set_of_sub_size == 0)
     {
-        add_subtitles (mem_ptr=get_path("default.sub"), sh_video->fps, 1);
+        struct stat st;
+        mem_ptr = get_path("default.sub");
+        if (stat(mem_ptr, &st) == 0)
+            add_subtitles (mem_ptr, sh_video->fps, 0);
     free(mem_ptr); // release the buffer created by get_path()
     }
   }