diff --git a/src/ext_widgets/image_animation/image_animation.c b/src/ext_widgets/image_animation/image_animation.c
index 55a0c5152..fdd6b30c6 100644
--- a/src/ext_widgets/image_animation/image_animation.c
+++ b/src/ext_widgets/image_animation/image_animation.c
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ static const widget_vtable_t s_image_animation_vtable = {
 
 static ret_t image_animation_delay_play(const timer_info_t* info) {
   widget_t* widget = WIDGET(info->ctx);
+  image_animation_t* image_animation = IMAGE_ANIMATION(widget);
 
+  image_animation->timer_id = TK_INVALID_ID;
   image_animation_play(widget);
 
   return RET_REMOVE;
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ static ret_t image_animation_on_open(void* ctx, event_t* e) {
 
   if (image_animation->auto_play) {
     if (image_animation->delay > 0) {
-      timer_add(image_animation_delay_play, widget, image_animation->delay);
+      image_animation->timer_id = timer_add(image_animation_delay_play, widget, image_animation->delay);
     } else {
       image_animation_play(widget);
     }