diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/FrameManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/FrameManager.java
index fe70d0c9..c5c57adc 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/FrameManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/FrameManager.java
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ public abstract class FrameManager
     		return 1.0;
     	}
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Clears out the maximum drift our timer remembers seeing.
+     */
+    public void clearMaxTimerDriftRatio ()
+    {
+        if (_timer instanceof CalibratingTimer) {
+            ((CalibratingTimer)_timer).clearMaxDriftRatio();
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns an overlay that can be used to render sprites and animations on top of the entire
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/timer/CalibratingTimer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/timer/CalibratingTimer.java
index 3d2b0e74..95af3044 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/timer/CalibratingTimer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/timer/CalibratingTimer.java
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ public abstract class CalibratingTimer
     {
     	return _maxDriftRatio;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Clears out our remembered max drift.
+     */
+    public void clearMaxDriftRatio ()
+    {
+    	_maxDriftRatio = 1.0;
+    }
 
     /** Returns the difference between _startStamp and current() */
     protected long elapsed ()