diff --git a/stepmania/src/Player.cpp b/stepmania/src/Player.cpp
index 2ee20a5b6f..8b062bcb26 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Player.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Player.cpp
@@ -2059,6 +2059,7 @@ done_checking_hopo:
 
 	}
 
+	if( !bRelease )
 	{
 		/* Search for keyed sounds separately.  Play the nearest note. */
 		/* XXX: This isn't quite right. As per the above XXX for iRowOfOverlappingNote, if iRowOfOverlappingNote