diff --git a/libraries/ui/src/main/java/androidx/media3/ui/PlayerView.java b/libraries/ui/src/main/java/androidx/media3/ui/PlayerView.java
index 0c8be97f38..caa827f0c4 100644
--- a/libraries/ui/src/main/java/androidx/media3/ui/PlayerView.java
+++ b/libraries/ui/src/main/java/androidx/media3/ui/PlayerView.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import android.widget.FrameLayout;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import androidx.annotation.ColorInt;
+import androidx.annotation.DoNotInline;
 import androidx.annotation.IntDef;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
@@ -427,7 +428,11 @@ public class PlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
           }
           break;
         default:
-          surfaceView = new SurfaceView(context);
+          SurfaceView view = new SurfaceView(context);
+          if (Util.SDK_INT >= 34) {
+            Api34.setSurfaceLifecycleToFollowsAttachment(view);
+          }
+          surfaceView = view;
           break;
       }
       surfaceView.setLayoutParams(params);
@@ -1737,4 +1742,13 @@ public class PlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @RequiresApi(34)
+  private static class Api34 {
+
+    @DoNotInline
+    public static void setSurfaceLifecycleToFollowsAttachment(SurfaceView surfaceView) {
+      surfaceView.setSurfaceLifecycle(SurfaceView.SURFACE_LIFECYCLE_FOLLOWS_ATTACHMENT);
+    }
+  }
 }