diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/AudioplayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/AudioplayerActivity.java
index 2f2981dac..8e063374a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/AudioplayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/AudioplayerActivity.java
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ public class AudioplayerActivity extends MediaplayerInfoActivity {
                     format.setDecimalSeparator('.');
 
                     float currentSpeedValue = controller.getCurrentPlaybackSpeedMultiplier();
-                    if (currentSpeedValue == -1) {
-                        currentSpeedValue = UserPreferences.getPlaybackSpeed(controller.getMedia());
-                    }
-
                     String currentSpeed = new DecimalFormat("0.00", format).format(currentSpeedValue);
 
                     // Provide initial value in case the speed list has changed
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java
index 0cfaaab3c..9caa2156d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/PlaybackController.java
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ public class PlaybackController {
         if (playbackService != null && canSetPlaybackSpeed()) {
             return playbackService.getCurrentPlaybackSpeed();
         } else {
-            return -1;
+            return UserPreferences.getPlaybackSpeed(getMedia());
         }
     }