diff --git a/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp b/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp
index f6d7fa47b0e..1c5ad309463 100644
--- a/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ MediaDecoderStateMachine::RequestVideoData()
   bool skipToNextKeyFrame = mSentFirstFrameLoadedEvent &&
     NeedToSkipToNextKeyframe();
   int64_t currentTime = mState == DECODER_STATE_SEEKING ? 0 : GetMediaTime();
-  bool forceDecodeAhead = mSentFirstFrameLoadedEvent &&
+  bool forceDecodeAhead = mSentFirstFrameLoadedEvent && !IsSeeking() &&
     static_cast<uint32_t>(VideoQueue().GetSize()) <= SCARCE_VIDEO_QUEUE_SIZE;
 
   SAMPLE_LOG("Queueing video task - queued=%i, decoder-queued=%o, skip=%i, time=%lld",