diff --git a/lib/media/gap_jumping_controller.js b/lib/media/gap_jumping_controller.js
index 27d93ab6c1..fa45c7979d 100644
--- a/lib/media/gap_jumping_controller.js
+++ b/lib/media/gap_jumping_controller.js
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ shaka.media.GapJumpingController = class {
     }
 
     this.video_.currentTime = jumpTo;
+    // This accounts for the possibility that we jump a gap at the start
+    // position but we jump _into_ another gap. By setting the start
+    // position to the new jumpTo we ensure that the check above will
+    // pass even though the video is still paused.
+    if (currentTime == this.startTime_) {
+      this.startTime_ = jumpTo;
+    }
     this.gapsJumped_++;
     this.onEvent_(
         new shaka.util.FakeEvent(shaka.util.FakeEvent.EventName.GapJumped));