diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index e3a73b7bf..84def7548 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -3017,11 +3017,7 @@ class PlaybackManager {
             if (mediaSource) {
                 playerData.audioStreamIndex = mediaSource.DefaultAudioStreamIndex;
                 playerData.subtitleStreamIndex = mediaSource.DefaultSubtitleStreamIndex;
-                if (self.trackHasSecondarySubtitleSupport(mediaSource.MediaStreams[mediaSource.DefaultSubtitleStreamIndex])) {
-                    playerData.secondarySubtitleStreamIndex = mediaSource.DefaultSecondarySubtitleStreamIndex;
-                } else {
-                    playerData.secondarySubtitleStreamIndex = -1;
-                }
+                playerData.secondarySubtitleStreamIndex = mediaSource.DefaultSecondarySubtitleStreamIndex;
             } else {
                 playerData.audioStreamIndex = null;
                 playerData.subtitleStreamIndex = null;