diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 10f14c3d7b..1594e63b8d 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 * FFmpeg extension: Treat invalid data errors as non-fatal to match the behavior
   of MediaCodec ([#5293](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5293)).
 * GVR extension: upgrade GVR SDK dependency to 1.190.0.
+* Associate fatal player errors of type SOURCE with the loading source in
+  `AnalyticsListener.EventTime`
+  ([#5407](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5407)).
 * Fix issue where sending callbacks for playlist changes may cause problems
   because of parallel player access
   ([#5240](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5240)).
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/analytics/AnalyticsCollector.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/analytics/AnalyticsCollector.java
index 113add612a..55031e2d12 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/analytics/AnalyticsCollector.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/analytics/AnalyticsCollector.java
@@ -488,7 +488,10 @@ public class AnalyticsCollector
 
   @Override
   public final void onPlayerError(ExoPlaybackException error) {
-    EventTime eventTime = generatePlayingMediaPeriodEventTime();
+    EventTime eventTime =
+        error.type == ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_SOURCE
+            ? generateLoadingMediaPeriodEventTime()
+            : generatePlayingMediaPeriodEventTime();
     for (AnalyticsListener listener : listeners) {
       listener.onPlayerError(eventTime, error);
     }