diff --git a/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js b/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
index 9249eaf7aa..d4425b7736 100644
--- a/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ export default function (view) {
 
     function autoSelectSubtitleTrack() {
         const player = currentPlayer;
-        const streams = playbackManager.subtitleTracks(player) ?? [];
+        const streams = playbackManager.subtitleTracks(player);
         const currentIndex = playbackManager.getSubtitleStreamIndex(player) ?? -1;
         const defaultIndex = player?.streamInfo?.mediaSource?.DefaultSubtitleStreamIndex ?? -1;