diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index fedf7924b..d91589f63 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -2536,7 +2536,6 @@ define(['events', 'datetime', 'appSettings', 'itemHelper', 'pluginManager', 'pla
 
                     } else {
 
-                        playerStartPositionTicks = null;
                         contentType = getMimeType(type.toLowerCase(), mediaSource.TranscodingContainer);
 
                         if (mediaUrl.toLowerCase().indexOf('copytimestamps=true') === -1) {