diff --git a/mopidy/core/actor.py b/mopidy/core/actor.py
index 9d80d04c..429dd2ef 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/actor.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/actor.py
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ class Core(pykka.ThreadingActor, audio.AudioListener, backend.BackendListener):
         # playback, but mopidy.core doesn't know this, so we need to update
         # mopidy.core's state to match the actual state in mopidy.audio. If we
         # don't do this, clients will think that we're still playing.
-        if (new_state == PlaybackState.PAUSED
+
+        # We ignore cases when target state is set as this is buffering
+        # updates (at least for now) and we need to get #234 fixed...
+        if (new_state == PlaybackState.PAUSED and not target_state
                 and self.playback.state != PlaybackState.PAUSED):
             self.playback.state = new_state
             self.playback._trigger_track_playback_paused()