diff --git a/mod/scorm/locallib.php b/mod/scorm/locallib.php
index 55c90c59ae9..cbe4544105c 100644
--- a/mod/scorm/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/scorm/locallib.php
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ function scorm_get_all_attempts($scormid, $userid) {
 function scorm_view_display ($user, $scorm, $action, $cm) {
     global $CFG, $DB, $PAGE, $OUTPUT, $COURSE;
 
-    if ($scorm->updatefreq == SCORM_UPDATE_EVERYTIME) {
+    if ($scorm->scormtype != SCORM_TYPE_LOCAL && $scorm->updatefreq == SCORM_UPDATE_EVERYTIME) {
         scorm_parse($scorm, false);
     }
 
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ function scorm_simple_play($scorm, $user, $context, $cmid) {
         return $result;
     }
 
-    if ($scorm->updatefreq == SCORM_UPDATE_EVERYTIME) {
+    if ($scorm->scormtype != SCORM_TYPE_LOCAL && $scorm->updatefreq == SCORM_UPDATE_EVERYTIME) {
         scorm_parse($scorm, false);
     }
     $scoes = $DB->get_records_select('scorm_scoes', 'scorm = ? AND '.