diff --git a/dlls/quartz/filtergraph.c b/dlls/quartz/filtergraph.c
index 20eec80e00c..e6eea7e18ac 100644
--- a/dlls/quartz/filtergraph.c
+++ b/dlls/quartz/filtergraph.c
@@ -5038,7 +5038,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI MediaFilter_Pause(IMediaFilter *iface)
     if (graph->defaultclock && !graph->refClock)
         IFilterGraph2_SetDefaultSyncSource(&graph->IFilterGraph2_iface);
 
-    if (graph->state == State_Running && graph->refClock)
+    if (graph->state == State_Running && !graph->needs_async_run && graph->refClock)
     {
         REFERENCE_TIME time;
         IReferenceClock_GetTime(graph->refClock, &time);