diff --git a/mods/HUD/mcl_experience/init.lua b/mods/HUD/mcl_experience/init.lua
index 7483538f7f..7ffa20bdf5 100644
--- a/mods/HUD/mcl_experience/init.lua
+++ b/mods/HUD/mcl_experience/init.lua
@@ -238,31 +238,31 @@ function mcl_experience.add_experience(player, experience)
 
 	local old_bar, old_xp, old_level = temp_pool.bar, temp_pool.xp, temp_pool.level
 	temp_pool.xp = math.min(math.max(temp_pool.xp + experience, 0), max_xp)
-	if (temp_pool.xp >= temp_pool.xp_next_level) or (temp_pool.xp < old_xp) then
+
+	if (temp_pool.xp < temp_pool.xp_next_level) and (temp_pool.xp >= old_xp) then
+		temp_pool.bar = temp_pool.bar + temp_pool.bar_step * experience
+	else
 		temp_pool.level = mcl_experience.xp_to_level(temp_pool.xp)
 		temp_pool.bar, temp_pool.bar_step, temp_pool.xp_next_level = mcl_experience.xp_to_bar(temp_pool.xp, temp_pool.level)
-		if old_level ~= temp_pool.level then
-			if minetest.get_us_time()/1000000 - temp_pool.last_time > 0.04 then
-				if experience > 0 then
-					minetest.sound_play("level_up",{gain=0.2,to_player = name})
-				end
-				temp_pool.last_time = minetest.get_us_time()/1000000
-			end
-			hud_manager.change_hud({player = player, hud_name = "xp_level", element = "text", data = tostring(temp_pool.level)})
-		end
-	else
-		if minetest.get_us_time()/1000000 - temp_pool.last_time > 0.01 then
-			temp_pool.last_time = minetest.get_us_time()/1000000
-			if experience > 0 then
-				minetest.sound_play("experience",{gain=0.1,to_player = name,pitch=math.random(75,99)/100})
-			end
-		end
-		temp_pool.bar = temp_pool.bar + temp_pool.bar_step * experience
 	end
 
 	if old_bar ~= temp_pool.bar then
 		hud_manager.change_hud({player = player, hud_name = "experience_bar", element = "number", data = math.floor(temp_pool.bar)})
 	end
+
+	if experience > 0 and minetest.get_us_time()/1000000 - temp_pool.last_time > 0.01 then
+		if old_level ~= temp_pool.level then
+			minetest.sound_play("level_up",{gain=0.2,to_player = name})
+			temp_pool.last_time = minetest.get_us_time()/1000000 + 0.2
+		else
+			minetest.sound_play("experience",{gain=0.1,to_player = name,pitch=math.random(75,99)/100})
+			temp_pool.last_time = minetest.get_us_time()/1000000
+		end
+	end
+
+	if old_level ~= temp_pool.level then
+		hud_manager.change_hud({player = player, hud_name = "xp_level", element = "text", data = tostring(temp_pool.level)})
+	end
 end
 
 --reset player level