diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
index 62c202849f..19166aec9c 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
@@ -1407,7 +1407,8 @@ public final class DefaultAudioSink implements AudioSink {
   @Override
   public void pause() {
     playing = false;
-    if (isAudioTrackInitialized() && audioTrackPositionTracker.pause()) {
+    if (isAudioTrackInitialized()
+        && (audioTrackPositionTracker.pause() || isOffloadedPlayback(audioTrack))) {
       audioTrack.pause();
     }
   }