diff --git a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.c b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.c
index 1a012dc1a6..2affd23c87 100644
--- a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.c
+++ b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.c
@@ -158,10 +158,11 @@ void ab_draw_markers(struct screen * screen, int capacity,
 
 #endif
 
-void draw_progressbar(struct gui_wps *gwps, int line, struct progressbar *pb)
+void draw_progressbar(struct gui_wps *gwps, struct skin_viewport* skin_viewport,
+                      int line, struct progressbar *pb)
 {
     struct screen *display = gwps->display;
-    struct viewport *vp = SKINOFFSETTOPTR(get_skin_buffer(gwps->data), pb->vp);
+    struct viewport *vp = &skin_viewport->vp;
     struct wps_state *state = get_wps_state();
     struct mp3entry *id3 = state->id3;
     int x = pb->x, y = pb->y, width = pb->width, height = pb->height;
diff --git a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.h b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.h
index 5ca66fa3ba..56af12aa03 100644
--- a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.h
+++ b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_display.h
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 #define _SKIN_DISPLAY_H_
 
 
-void draw_progressbar(struct gui_wps *gwps, int line, struct progressbar *pb);
+void draw_progressbar(struct gui_wps *gwps, struct skin_viewport* skin_viewport,
+                      int line, struct progressbar *pb);
 void draw_playlist_viewer_list(struct gui_wps *gwps, struct playlistviewer *viewer);
 /* clears the area where the image was shown */
 void clear_image_pos(struct gui_wps *gwps, struct gui_img *img);
diff --git a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c
index e68d5e4d3c..f59ae09e54 100644
--- a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c
+++ b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c
@@ -966,7 +966,6 @@ static int parse_progressbar_tag(struct skin_element* element,
 
     if (!pb)
         return WPS_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM;
-    pb->vp = PTRTOSKINOFFSET(skin_buffer, vp);
     pb->follow_lang_direction = follow_lang_direction > 0;
     pb->nofill = false;
     pb->noborder = false;
diff --git a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c
index e8f081e7f5..07d8a13658 100644
--- a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c
+++ b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static bool do_non_text_tags(struct gui_wps *gwps, struct skin_draw_info *info,
         {
             struct progressbar *bar = (struct progressbar*)SKINOFFSETTOPTR(skin_buffer, token->value.data);
             if (do_refresh)
-                draw_progressbar(gwps, info->line_number, bar);
+                draw_progressbar(gwps, info->skin_vp, info->line_number, bar);
         }
         break;
         case SKIN_TOKEN_IMAGE_DISPLAY:
diff --git a/apps/gui/skin_engine/wps_internals.h b/apps/gui/skin_engine/wps_internals.h
index 87ccb9ad89..1049954caf 100644
--- a/apps/gui/skin_engine/wps_internals.h
+++ b/apps/gui/skin_engine/wps_internals.h
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ struct image_display {
 
 struct progressbar {
     enum skin_token_type type;
-    OFFSETTYPE(struct viewport *) vp;
     /* regular pb */
     short x;
     /* >=0: explicitly set in the tag -> y-coord within the viewport