diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
index e08ab843a8..5bb443d11c 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
@@ -366,8 +366,12 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
       internalHandler.post(internalHandlerThread::quitSafely);
     }
 
+    // Update progress before opening variable to avoid getProgress returning an invalid combination
+    // of state and progress.
+    progressState = PROGRESS_STATE_NOT_STARTED;
+    transformerConditionVariable.open();
+
     if (forCancellation) {
-      transformerConditionVariable.open();
       return;
     }