diff --git a/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc b/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc
index 5c11624b0cc8d9855f9943115660b9b721e99785..3cd9b04e89d5d72c1b61c338a346bd270b194044 100644
--- a/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc
+++ b/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ VideoManager::_updateVideoUri(unsigned id, const QString& uri)
 void
 VideoManager::_restartVideo(unsigned id)
 {
+    if (qgcApp()->runningUnitTests()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
 #if defined(QGC_GST_STREAMING)
     bool oldLowLatencyStreaming = _lowLatencyStreaming[id];
     QString oldUri = _videoUri[id];