diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoFullScreen.java b/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoFullScreen.java
index 96365138a78df..0726266619116 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoFullScreen.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoFullScreen.java
@@ -114,13 +114,6 @@ public class HTML5VideoFullScreen extends HTML5VideoView
         return mVideoSurfaceView;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void start() {
-        if (getAutostart()) {
-            super.start();
-        }
-    }
-
     HTML5VideoFullScreen(Context context, int videoLayerId, int position,
             boolean autoStart) {
         mVideoSurfaceView = new VideoSurfaceView(context);
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoViewProxy.java b/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoViewProxy.java
index acd7eab63a489..c7270299bec06 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoViewProxy.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/HTML5VideoViewProxy.java
@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ class HTML5VideoViewProxy extends Handler
         }
 
         public static void onPrepared() {
-            // The VideoView will decide whether to really kick off to play.
-            mHTML5VideoView.start();
+            if (!mHTML5VideoView.isFullScreenMode() || mHTML5VideoView.getAutostart()) {
+                mHTML5VideoView.start();
+            }
             if (mBaseLayer != 0) {
                 setBaseLayer(mBaseLayer);
             }