diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
index f51869ce43..80d5cc0866 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
@@ -733,11 +733,7 @@ public abstract class MediaCodecRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
       throws ExoPlaybackException {
     this.currentPlaybackSpeed = currentPlaybackSpeed;
     this.targetPlaybackSpeed = targetPlaybackSpeed;
-    if (codec != null
-        && codecDrainAction != DRAIN_ACTION_REINITIALIZE
-        && getState() != STATE_DISABLED) {
-      updateCodecOperatingRate(codecInputFormat);
-    }
+    updateCodecOperatingRate(codecInputFormat);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -1689,6 +1685,17 @@ public abstract class MediaCodecRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
     return CODEC_OPERATING_RATE_UNSET;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Updates the codec operating rate, or triggers codec release and re-initialization if a
+   * previously set operating rate needs to be cleared.
+   *
+   * @throws ExoPlaybackException If an error occurs releasing or initializing a codec.
+   * @return False if codec release and re-initialization was triggered. True in all other cases.
+   */
+  protected final boolean updateCodecOperatingRate() throws ExoPlaybackException {
+    return updateCodecOperatingRate(codecInputFormat);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Updates the codec operating rate, or triggers codec release and re-initialization if a
    * previously set operating rate needs to be cleared.
@@ -1702,6 +1709,13 @@ public abstract class MediaCodecRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
       return true;
     }
 
+    if (codec == null
+        || codecDrainAction == DRAIN_ACTION_REINITIALIZE
+        || getState() == STATE_DISABLED) {
+      // No need to update the operating rate.
+      return true;
+    }
+
     float newCodecOperatingRate =
         getCodecOperatingRateV23(targetPlaybackSpeed, format, getStreamFormats());
     if (codecOperatingRate == newCodecOperatingRate) {