diff --git a/toolkit/source/awt/animatedimagespeer.cxx b/toolkit/source/awt/animatedimagespeer.cxx
index ac2dca5603be..379a82388ba2 100644
--- a/toolkit/source/awt/animatedimagespeer.cxx
+++ b/toolkit/source/awt/animatedimagespeer.cxx
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace toolkit
         SolarMutexGuard aGuard;
 
         VclPtr<Throbber> pThrobber = GetAsDynamic<Throbber>();
-        if ( pThrobber )
+        if ( !pThrobber )
         {
             VCLXWindow::setProperty( i_propertyName, i_value );
             return;
diff --git a/vcl/source/control/throbber.cxx b/vcl/source/control/throbber.cxx
index c44cbb12d7b2..075e40d2de9b 100644
--- a/vcl/source/control/throbber.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/control/throbber.cxx
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ void Throbber::initImages()
 
 void Throbber::start()
 {
+    maWaitTimer.SetTimeout(mnStepTime);
     maWaitTimer.Start();
 }