diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegAudioImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegAudioImageProvider.cs
index 421b0522d..e1cbc6932 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegAudioImageProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegAudioImageProvider.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,21 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.MediaInfo
             return _locks.GetOrAdd(filename, key => new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Needses the refresh internal.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+        /// <param name="providerInfo">The provider info.</param>
+        /// <returns><c>true</c> if XXXX, <c>false</c> otherwise</returns>
+        protected override bool NeedsRefreshInternal(BaseItem item, BaseProviderInfo providerInfo)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.PrimaryImagePath))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return base.NeedsRefreshInternal(item, providerInfo);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Fetches metadata and returns true or false indicating if any work that requires persistence was done
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegVideoImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegVideoImageProvider.cs
index a29dbb043..ad81fa442 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegVideoImageProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFMpegVideoImageProvider.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.MediaInfo
             return false;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Needses the refresh internal.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+        /// <param name="providerInfo">The provider info.</param>
+        /// <returns><c>true</c> if XXXX, <c>false</c> otherwise</returns>
+        protected override bool NeedsRefreshInternal(BaseItem item, BaseProviderInfo providerInfo)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.PrimaryImagePath))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return base.NeedsRefreshInternal(item, providerInfo);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The true task result
         /// </summary>