diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/upstream/LoaderErrorThrower.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/upstream/LoaderErrorThrower.java
index 3a376b9c53..b3187072b3 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/upstream/LoaderErrorThrower.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/upstream/LoaderErrorThrower.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public interface LoaderErrorThrower {
   void maybeThrowError(int minRetryCount) throws IOException;
 
   /** A {@link LoaderErrorThrower} that never throws. */
-  final class Dummy implements LoaderErrorThrower {
+  final class Placeholder implements LoaderErrorThrower {
 
     @Override
     public void maybeThrowError() {
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java
index fede790776..b39694da13 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public final class DashMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource {
       manifestCallback = null;
       refreshManifestRunnable = null;
       simulateManifestRefreshRunnable = null;
-      manifestLoadErrorThrower = new LoaderErrorThrower.Dummy();
+      manifestLoadErrorThrower = new LoaderErrorThrower.Placeholder();
     } else {
       manifestCallback = new ManifestCallback();
       manifestLoadErrorThrower = new ManifestLoadErrorThrower();
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSourceTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSourceTest.java
index ad85683a3c..c1d17cad6a 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSourceTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSourceTest.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class DefaultDashChunkSourceTest {
     DefaultDashChunkSource chunkSource =
         new DefaultDashChunkSource(
             BundledChunkExtractor.FACTORY,
-            new LoaderErrorThrower.Dummy(),
+            new LoaderErrorThrower.Placeholder(),
             manifest,
             new BaseUrlExclusionList(),
             /* periodIndex= */ 0,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class DefaultDashChunkSourceTest {
     DefaultDashChunkSource chunkSource =
         new DefaultDashChunkSource(
             BundledChunkExtractor.FACTORY,
-            new LoaderErrorThrower.Dummy(),
+            new LoaderErrorThrower.Placeholder(),
             manifest,
             new BaseUrlExclusionList(),
             /* periodIndex= */ 0,
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ public class DefaultDashChunkSourceTest {
             new DefaultBandwidthMeter.Builder(ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext()).build());
     return new DefaultDashChunkSource(
         BundledChunkExtractor.FACTORY,
-        new LoaderErrorThrower.Dummy(),
+        new LoaderErrorThrower.Placeholder(),
         manifest,
         new BaseUrlExclusionList(new Random(/* seed= */ 1234)),
         /* periodIndex= */ 0,
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java
index 7b81f7e50f..2976cf9bfa 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public final class SsMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource
     drmSessionManager.setPlayer(/* playbackLooper= */ Looper.myLooper(), getPlayerId());
     drmSessionManager.prepare();
     if (sideloadedManifest) {
-      manifestLoaderErrorThrower = new LoaderErrorThrower.Dummy();
+      manifestLoaderErrorThrower = new LoaderErrorThrower.Placeholder();
       processManifest();
     } else {
       manifestDataSource = manifestDataSourceFactory.createDataSource();