diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/helper/PlayerHolder.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/helper/PlayerHolder.java
index 20a0f3766..97f2d6717 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/helper/PlayerHolder.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/helper/PlayerHolder.java
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ public final class PlayerHolder {
 
         private boolean playAfterConnect = false;
 
+        /**
+         * @param playAfterConnection Sets the value of `playAfterConnect` to pass to the {@link
+         * PlayerServiceExtendedEventListener#onPlayerConnected(Player, boolean)} the next time it
+         * is called. The value of `playAfterConnect` will be reset to false after that.
+         */
         public void doPlayAfterConnect(final boolean playAfterConnection) {
             this.playAfterConnect = playAfterConnection;
         }
@@ -183,7 +188,6 @@ public final class PlayerHolder {
             playerService = localBinder.getService();
             if (listener != null) {
                 listener.onServiceConnected(playerService);
-                getPlayer().ifPresent(p -> listener.onPlayerConnected(p, playAfterConnect));
             }
             startPlayerListener();
             // ^ will call listener.onPlayerConnected() down the line if there is an active player
@@ -357,6 +361,8 @@ public final class PlayerHolder {
                 listener.onPlayerDisconnected();
             } else {
                 listener.onPlayerConnected(player, serviceConnection.playAfterConnect);
+                // reset the value of playAfterConnect: if it was true before, it is now "consumed"
+                serviceConnection.playAfterConnect = false;
                 player.setFragmentListener(internalListener);
             }
         }