diff --git a/src/emucore/tia/Ball.hxx b/src/emucore/tia/Ball.hxx
index 74c44b7f1..5bfe8bb9c 100644
--- a/src/emucore/tia/Ball.hxx
+++ b/src/emucore/tia/Ball.hxx
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Ball : public Serializable
     /**
       Process a single movement tick. Inline for performance (implementation below).
      */
-    FORCE_INLINE void movementTick(uInt32 clock, bool hblank);
+    FORCE_INLINE void movementTick(uInt32 clock, uInt32 hclock, bool hblank);
 
     /**
       Tick one color clock. Inline for performance (implementation below).
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class Ball : public Serializable
 // ############################################################################
 
 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-void Ball::movementTick(uInt32 clock, bool hblank)
+void Ball::movementTick(uInt32 clock, uInt32 hclock, bool hblank)
 {
   myLastMovementTick = myCounter;
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void Ball::movementTick(uInt32 clock, bool hblank)
     // Stop movement once the number of clocks according to HMBL is reached
     if (clock == myHmmClocks)
       isMoving = false;
-    else
+    else if (hclock != 0)
     {
       // Process the tick if we are in hblank. Otherwise, the tick is either masked
       // by an ordinary tick or merges two consecutive ticks into a single tick (inverted
diff --git a/src/emucore/tia/Missile.hxx b/src/emucore/tia/Missile.hxx
index 995a18650..aa54055a1 100644
--- a/src/emucore/tia/Missile.hxx
+++ b/src/emucore/tia/Missile.hxx
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void Missile::movementTick(uInt8 clock, uInt8 hclock, bool hblank)
     // Stop movement once the number of clocks according to HMMx is reached
     if(clock == myHmmClocks)
       isMoving = false;
-    else
+    else if (hclock != 0)
     {
       // Process the tick if we are in hblank. Otherwise, the tick is either masked
       // by an ordinary tick or merges two consecutive ticks into a single tick (inverted
diff --git a/src/emucore/tia/Player.hxx b/src/emucore/tia/Player.hxx
index 222e2a7d5..289d22c1d 100644
--- a/src/emucore/tia/Player.hxx
+++ b/src/emucore/tia/Player.hxx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Player : public Serializable
     bool save(Serializer& out) const override;
     bool load(Serializer& in) override;
 
-    FORCE_INLINE void movementTick(uInt32 clock, bool hblank);
+    FORCE_INLINE void movementTick(uInt32 clock, uInt32 hclock, bool hblank);
 
     FORCE_INLINE void tick();
 
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ class Player : public Serializable
 // ############################################################################
 
 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-void Player::movementTick(uInt32 clock, bool hblank)
+void Player::movementTick(uInt32 clock, uInt32 hclock, bool hblank)
 {
   if(isMoving)
   {
     // Stop movement once the number of clocks according to HMPx is reached
     if (clock == myHmmClocks)
       isMoving = false;
-    else
+    else if (hclock != 0)
     {
       // Process the tick if we are in hblank. Otherwise, the tick is either masked
       // by an ordinary tick or merges two consecutive ticks into a single tick (inverted
diff --git a/src/emucore/tia/TIA.cxx b/src/emucore/tia/TIA.cxx
index a7bb57f5d..658f53e69 100644
--- a/src/emucore/tia/TIA.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/tia/TIA.cxx
@@ -1558,9 +1558,9 @@ FORCE_INLINE void TIA::tickMovement()
 
     myMissile0.movementTick(movementCounter, myHctr, hblank);
     myMissile1.movementTick(movementCounter, myHctr, hblank);
-    myPlayer0.movementTick(movementCounter, hblank);
-    myPlayer1.movementTick(movementCounter, hblank);
-    myBall.movementTick(movementCounter, hblank);
+    myPlayer0.movementTick(movementCounter, myHctr, hblank);
+    myPlayer1.movementTick(movementCounter, myHctr, hblank);
+    myBall.movementTick(movementCounter, myHctr, hblank);
 
     myMovementInProgress =
       myMissile0.isMoving ||