diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mpegrecorder.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mpegrecorder.cpp
index 32221f7..a358319 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mpegrecorder.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/mpegrecorder.cpp
@@ -852,18 +852,25 @@ bool MpegRecorder::SetVBIOptions(int chanfd)
 #ifdef V4L2_CAP_SLICED_VBI_CAPTURE
     if (supports_sliced_vbi)
     {
+        int fd;
+
+        if (OpenVBIDevice())
+            fd = vbi_fd;
+        else
+            fd = chanfd;
+
         struct v4l2_format vbifmt;
         memset(&vbifmt, 0, sizeof(struct v4l2_format));
         vbifmt.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SLICED_VBI_CAPTURE;
         vbifmt.fmt.sliced.service_set |= (VBIMode::PAL_TT == vbimode) ?
             V4L2_SLICED_VBI_625 : V4L2_SLICED_VBI_525;
 
-        if (ioctl(chanfd, VIDIOC_S_FMT, &vbifmt) < 0)
+        if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_S_FMT, &vbifmt) < 0)
         {
             LOG(VB_GENERAL, LOG_WARNING, LOC +
                 "Unable to enable VBI embedding" + ENO);
         }
-        else if (ioctl(chanfd, VIDIOC_G_FMT, &vbifmt) >= 0)
+        else if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_G_FMT, &vbifmt) >= 0)
         {
             LOG(VB_RECORD, LOG_INFO,
                 LOC + QString("VBI service: %1, io size: %2")
@@ -880,7 +887,7 @@ bool MpegRecorder::SetVBIOptions(int chanfd)
             ctrls.count      = 1;
             ctrls.controls   = &vbi_ctrl;
 
-            if (ioctl(chanfd, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, &ctrls) < 0)
+            if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, &ctrls) < 0)
             {
                 LOG(VB_GENERAL, LOG_WARNING, LOC +
                     "Unable to set VBI embedding format" + ENO);