diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java
index d7861da797..4e779c2a78 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java
@@ -1433,9 +1433,9 @@ public class SimpleExoPlayer extends BasePlayer
   private void updatePlayWhenReady(
       boolean playWhenReady, @AudioFocusManager.PlayerCommand int playerCommand) {
     int playbackSuppressionReason =
-        playerCommand == AudioFocusManager.PLAYER_COMMAND_PLAY_WHEN_READY
-            ? Player.PLAYBACK_SUPPRESSION_REASON_NONE
-            : Player.PLAYBACK_SUPPRESSION_REASON_AUDIO_FOCUS_LOSS;
+        playWhenReady && playerCommand != AudioFocusManager.PLAYER_COMMAND_PLAY_WHEN_READY
+            ? Player.PLAYBACK_SUPPRESSION_REASON_AUDIO_FOCUS_LOSS
+            : Player.PLAYBACK_SUPPRESSION_REASON_NONE;
     player.setPlayWhenReady(
         playWhenReady && playerCommand != AudioFocusManager.PLAYER_COMMAND_DO_NOT_PLAY,
         playbackSuppressionReason);
diff --git a/library/core/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerTest.java b/library/core/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerTest.java
index 37c026db74..e9bfa2e589 100644
--- a/library/core/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerTest.java
+++ b/library/core/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -2767,6 +2768,34 @@ public final class ExoPlayerTest {
         .inOrder();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void simplePlaybackHasNoPlaybackSuppression() throws Exception {
+    ActionSchedule actionSchedule =
+        new ActionSchedule.Builder("simplePlaybackHasNoPlaybackSuppression")
+            .play()
+            .waitForPlaybackState(Player.STATE_READY)
+            .pause()
+            .play()
+            .build();
+    AtomicBoolean seenPlaybackSuppression = new AtomicBoolean();
+    EventListener listener =
+        new EventListener() {
+          @Override
+          public void onPlaybackSuppressionReasonChanged(
+              @Player.PlaybackSuppressionReason int playbackSuppressionReason) {
+            seenPlaybackSuppression.set(true);
+          }
+        };
+    new ExoPlayerTestRunner.Builder()
+        .setActionSchedule(actionSchedule)
+        .setEventListener(listener)
+        .build(context)
+        .start()
+        .blockUntilEnded(TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    assertThat(seenPlaybackSuppression.get()).isFalse();
+  }
+
   // Internal methods.
 
   private static ActionSchedule.Builder addSurfaceSwitch(ActionSchedule.Builder builder) {