diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H264Reader.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H264Reader.java
index e151ecfde3..3dcc260b99 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H264Reader.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H264Reader.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public final class H264Reader implements ElementaryStreamReader {
     sps.reset();
     pps.reset();
     sei.reset();
-    seiReader.flush();
+    seiReader.clear();
     if (sampleReader != null) {
       sampleReader.reset();
     }
diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H265Reader.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H265Reader.java
index e34ac3355d..cddec8b0e4 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H265Reader.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/H265Reader.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public final class H265Reader implements ElementaryStreamReader {
     pps.reset();
     prefixSei.reset();
     suffixSei.reset();
-    seiReader.flush();
+    seiReader.clear();
     if (sampleReader != null) {
       sampleReader.reset();
     }
diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/SeiReader.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/SeiReader.java
index 36c089950b..dedd2ae216 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/SeiReader.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/ts/SeiReader.java
@@ -97,4 +97,9 @@ public final class SeiReader {
   public void flush() {
     reorderingSeiMessageQueue.flush();
   }
+
+  /** Drops any 'buffered for re-ordering' messages. */
+  public void clear() {
+    reorderingSeiMessageQueue.flush();
+  }
 }