diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistitem.cpp b/src/playlist/playlistitem.cpp
index 977da22c..67d9ae3f 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistitem.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistitem.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ void PlaylistItem::SetTemporaryMetadata(const Song &metadata) {
   temp_metadata_ = metadata;
 }
 
+void PlaylistItem::UpdateTemporaryMetadata(const Song &metadata) {
+
+  Song old_metadata = temp_metadata_;
+  temp_metadata_ = metadata;
+
+  // Keep samplerate, bitdepth and bitrate from the old metadata if it's not present in the new.
+  if (temp_metadata_.samplerate() <= 0 && old_metadata.samplerate() > 0) temp_metadata_.set_samplerate(old_metadata.samplerate());
+  if (temp_metadata_.bitdepth() <= 0 && old_metadata.bitdepth() > 0) temp_metadata_.set_bitdepth(old_metadata.bitdepth());
+  if (temp_metadata_.bitrate() <= 0 && old_metadata.bitrate() > 0) temp_metadata_.set_bitrate(old_metadata.bitrate());
+
+}
+
 void PlaylistItem::ClearTemporaryMetadata() {
   temp_metadata_ = Song();
 }
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistitem.h b/src/playlist/playlistitem.h
index 1e1a03ad..9d607ada 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistitem.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistitem.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class PlaylistItem : public std::enable_shared_from_this<PlaylistItem> {
   virtual QUrl Url() const = 0;
 
   void SetTemporaryMetadata(const Song &metadata);
+  void UpdateTemporaryMetadata(const Song &metadata);
   void ClearTemporaryMetadata();
   bool HasTemporaryMetadata() const { return temp_metadata_.is_valid(); }
 
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
index 0b4836fc..7cf2e409 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ void PlaylistManager::SongsDiscovered(const SongList &songs) {
       for (const PlaylistItemPtr item : items) {
         if (item->Metadata().directory_id() != song.directory_id()) continue;
         static_cast<CollectionPlaylistItem*>(item.get())->SetMetadata(song);
+        item->UpdateTemporaryMetadata(song);
         data.p->ItemChanged(item);
       }
     }