diff --git a/src/zm_camera.cpp b/src/zm_camera.cpp
index 6fab967a9..0186f8045 100644
--- a/src/zm_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_camera.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Camera::Camera(
     mFirstAudioPTS(0),
     mLastVideoPTS(0),
     mLastAudioPTS(0),
-    bytes(0)
+    bytes(0),
+    mIsPrimed(false)
 {
   linesize = width * colours;
   pixels = width * height;
diff --git a/src/zm_camera.h b/src/zm_camera.h
index 2d2b853ab..490564c6a 100644
--- a/src/zm_camera.h
+++ b/src/zm_camera.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ protected:
   int64_t     mLastVideoPTS;
   int64_t     mLastAudioPTS;
   unsigned int  bytes;
+  bool mIsPrimed;
 
 public:
   Camera(
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public:
   virtual ~Camera();
 
   SourceType Type() const { return type; }
+  bool isPrimed() const { return mIsPrimed; }
   bool IsLocal() const { return type == LOCAL_SRC; }
   bool IsRemote() const { return type == REMOTE_SRC; }
   bool IsFile() const { return type == FILE_SRC; }
diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
index a7f11197f..425161bab 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ FfmpegCamera::FfmpegCamera(
   mSecondInput(nullptr),
   frameCount(0),
   use_hwaccel(true),
-  mCanCapture(false),
   mConvertContext(nullptr),
   error_count(0),
   stream_width(0),
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ FfmpegCamera::~FfmpegCamera() {
 
 int FfmpegCamera::PrimeCapture() {
   start_read_time = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-  if ( mCanCapture ) {
+  if ( mIsPrimed ) {
     Debug(1, "Priming capture from %s, Closing", mMaskedPath.c_str());
     Close();
   }
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ int FfmpegCamera::PreCapture() {
 }
 
 int FfmpegCamera::Capture(std::shared_ptr<ZMPacket> &zm_packet) {
-  if (!mCanCapture) return -1;
+  if (!mIsPrimed) return -1;
 
   start_read_time = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
   int ret;
@@ -562,13 +561,13 @@ int FfmpegCamera::OpenFfmpeg() {
         width, height, mVideoCodecContext->width, mVideoCodecContext->height);
   }
 
-  mCanCapture = true;
+  mIsPrimed = true;
 
   return 1;
 } // int FfmpegCamera::OpenFfmpeg()
 
 int FfmpegCamera::Close() {
-  mCanCapture = false;
+  mIsPrimed = false;
 
   if (mVideoCodecContext) {
     avcodec_close(mVideoCodecContext);
diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h
index 3fba7f46c..c29af4127 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ class FfmpegCamera : public Camera {
 
     int OpenFfmpeg();
     int Close() override;
-    bool mCanCapture;
 
     struct SwsContext   *mConvertContext;