diff --git a/rtengine/pixelshift.cc b/rtengine/pixelshift.cc
index 7869daa6d..333f22bd4 100644
--- a/rtengine/pixelshift.cc
+++ b/rtengine/pixelshift.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void RawImageSource::pixelshift_simple(int winx, int winy, int winw, int winh, b
     bool checkRedBlue = (gridSize == 5);
 //    bool checkRedBlue = false;
     unsigned int offsX = 0, offsY = 0;
-    if(detectMotion) {
+    if(detectMotion || blendMotion) {
         // if motion correction is enabled we have to adjust the offsets for the selected subframe we use for areas with motion
         switch (frame) {
             case 0:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void RawImageSource::pixelshift_simple(int winx, int winy, int winw, int winh, b
         
         float greenDifMax[gridSize];
         // motion detection checks the grid around the pixel for differences in green channels
-        if(detectMotion) {
+        if(detectMotion || blendMotion) {
             if(gridSize == 3) {
                 // compute maximum of differences for first two columns of 3x3 grid
                 greenDifMax[0] =  max(greenDiff(riFrames[0 + offset]->data[i + offset][j - 1], riFrames[2 + offset]->data[i - offset + 1][j]),
diff --git a/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc b/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc
index ed6efdae0..2c07aee3a 100644
--- a/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc
+++ b/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ void RawImageSource::demosaic(const RAWParams &raw)
         } else if (raw.bayersensor.method == RAWParams::BayerSensor::methodstring[RAWParams::BayerSensor::amaze] ) {
             amaze_demosaic_RT (0, 0, W, H);
         } else if (raw.bayersensor.method == RAWParams::BayerSensor::methodstring[RAWParams::BayerSensor::pixelshift_simple] ) {
-            if(raw.bayersensor.pixelshiftMotion > 0) {
+            if(raw.bayersensor.pixelshiftMotion > 0 || raw.bayersensor.pixelshiftBlendMotion) {
                 amaze_demosaic_RT (0, 0, W, H); // for non pixelshift files use amaze if pixelshift is selected. We need it also for motion correction
             }
             if(numFrames == 4) {