diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
index e27f04df6d..aabaf43da6 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
@@ -640,6 +640,40 @@ public class MediaCodecVideoRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer
       hasSetShouldUseVideoSink = true;
     }
     if (shouldUseVideoSink) {
+      videoSink.setListener(
+          new VideoSink.Listener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onFirstFrameRendered(VideoSink videoSink) {
+              checkStateNotNull(displaySurface);
+              notifyRenderedFirstFrame();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onFrameDropped(VideoSink videoSink) {
+              updateDroppedBufferCounters(
+                  /* droppedInputBufferCount= */ 0, /* droppedDecoderBufferCount= */ 1);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onVideoSizeChanged(VideoSink videoSink, VideoSize videoSize) {
+              // TODO: b/292111083 - Report video size change to app. Video size reporting is
+              //  removed at the moment to ensure the first frame is rendered, and the video is
+              //  rendered after switching on/off the screen.
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onError(
+                VideoSink videoSink, VideoSink.VideoSinkException videoSinkException) {
+              setPendingPlaybackException(
+                  createRendererException(
+                      videoSinkException,
+                      videoSinkException.format,
+                      PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_VIDEO_FRAME_PROCESSING_FAILED));
+            }
+          },
+          // Pass a direct executor since the callback handling involves posting on the app looper
+          // again, so there's no need to do two hops.
+          directExecutor());
       videoSink.onRendererEnabled(mayRenderStartOfStream);
     } else {
       videoFrameReleaseControl.onEnabled(mayRenderStartOfStream);
@@ -1065,49 +1099,13 @@ public class MediaCodecVideoRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer
   @CallSuper
   @Override
   protected void onReadyToInitializeCodec(Format format) throws ExoPlaybackException {
-    if (shouldUseVideoSink) {
-      if (!videoSink.isInitialized()) {
-        try {
-          videoSink.initialize(format, getClock());
-        } catch (VideoSink.VideoSinkException e) {
-          throw createRendererException(
-              e, format, PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_VIDEO_FRAME_PROCESSOR_INIT_FAILED);
-        }
+    if (shouldUseVideoSink && !videoSink.isInitialized()) {
+      try {
+        videoSink.initialize(format, getClock());
+      } catch (VideoSink.VideoSinkException e) {
+        throw createRendererException(
+            e, format, PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_VIDEO_FRAME_PROCESSOR_INIT_FAILED);
       }
-      videoSink.setListener(
-          new VideoSink.Listener() {
-            @Override
-            public void onFirstFrameRendered(VideoSink videoSink) {
-              checkStateNotNull(displaySurface);
-              notifyRenderedFirstFrame();
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onFrameDropped(VideoSink videoSink) {
-              updateDroppedBufferCounters(
-                  /* droppedInputBufferCount= */ 0, /* droppedDecoderBufferCount= */ 1);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onVideoSizeChanged(VideoSink videoSink, VideoSize videoSize) {
-              // TODO: b/292111083 - Report video size change to app. Video size reporting is
-              //  removed at the moment to ensure the first frame is rendered, and the video is
-              //  rendered after switching on/off the screen.
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onError(
-                VideoSink videoSink, VideoSink.VideoSinkException videoSinkException) {
-              setPendingPlaybackException(
-                  createRendererException(
-                      videoSinkException,
-                      videoSinkException.format,
-                      PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_VIDEO_FRAME_PROCESSING_FAILED));
-            }
-          },
-          // Pass a direct executor since the callback handling involves posting on the app looper
-          // again, so there's no need to do two hops.
-          directExecutor());
     }
   }