diff --git a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaPeriod.java b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaPeriod.java
index 12e34019d6..6381fff8dd 100644
--- a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaPeriod.java
+++ b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaPeriod.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.SeekParameters;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DrmInitData;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.Extractor;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.metadata.Metadata;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.offline.StreamKey;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.CompositeSequenceableLoaderFactory;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.MediaPeriod;
@@ -773,7 +774,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaPeriod implements MediaPeriod, HlsSampleStreamWrapper
         variantFormat.containerMimeType,
         sampleMimeType,
         codecs,
-        /* metadata= */ null,
+        variantFormat.metadata,
         variantFormat.bitrate,
         variantFormat.width,
         variantFormat.height,
@@ -786,6 +787,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaPeriod implements MediaPeriod, HlsSampleStreamWrapper
   private static Format deriveAudioFormat(
       Format variantFormat, Format mediaTagFormat, boolean isPrimaryTrackInVariant) {
     String codecs;
+    Metadata metadata;
     int channelCount = Format.NO_VALUE;
     int selectionFlags = 0;
     int roleFlags = 0;
@@ -793,6 +795,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaPeriod implements MediaPeriod, HlsSampleStreamWrapper
     String label = null;
     if (mediaTagFormat != null) {
       codecs = mediaTagFormat.codecs;
+      metadata = mediaTagFormat.metadata;
       channelCount = mediaTagFormat.channelCount;
       selectionFlags = mediaTagFormat.selectionFlags;
       roleFlags = mediaTagFormat.roleFlags;
@@ -800,6 +803,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaPeriod implements MediaPeriod, HlsSampleStreamWrapper
       label = mediaTagFormat.label;
     } else {
       codecs = Util.getCodecsOfType(variantFormat.codecs, C.TRACK_TYPE_AUDIO);
+      metadata = variantFormat.metadata;
       if (isPrimaryTrackInVariant) {
         channelCount = variantFormat.channelCount;
         selectionFlags = variantFormat.selectionFlags;
@@ -816,7 +820,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaPeriod implements MediaPeriod, HlsSampleStreamWrapper
         variantFormat.containerMimeType,
         sampleMimeType,
         codecs,
-        /* metadata= */ null,
+        metadata,
         bitrate,
         channelCount,
         /* sampleRate= */ Format.NO_VALUE,