diff --git a/demos/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/demo/transformer/TransformerActivity.java b/demos/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/demo/transformer/TransformerActivity.java
index 6d8a18f62f..0fea07fbb6 100644
--- a/demos/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/demo/transformer/TransformerActivity.java
+++ b/demos/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/demo/transformer/TransformerActivity.java
@@ -627,9 +627,7 @@ public final class TransformerActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     "exportStopwatch",
   })
   private void onError(ExportException exportException) {
-    if (exportStopwatch.isRunning()) {
-      exportStopwatch.stop();
-    }
+    exportStopwatch.stop();
     informationTextView.setText(R.string.export_error);
     progressViewGroup.setVisibility(View.GONE);
     debugFrame.removeAllViews();
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/Transformer.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/Transformer.java
index f08b44cca7..745ffbcd5c 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/Transformer.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/Transformer.java
@@ -418,7 +418,12 @@ public final class Transformer {
     }
   }
 
-  /** A listener for the export events. */
+  /**
+   * A listener for the export events.
+   *
+   * <p>If the export is not cancelled, either {@link #onError} or {@link #onCompleted} will be
+   * called once for each export.
+   */
   public interface Listener {
 
     /**
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 e48cae354f..c6fc88e3aa 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.HandlerThread;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.Message;
+import android.util.Log;
 import androidx.annotation.IntDef;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.media3.common.C;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
   private static final int MSG_END = 3;
   private static final int MSG_UPDATE_PROGRESS = 4;
 
+  private static final String TAG = "TransformerInternal";
   private static final int DRAIN_PIPELINES_DELAY_MS = 10;
 
   private final Context context;
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 
     boolean forCancellation = endReason == END_REASON_CANCELLED;
     @Nullable ExportException releaseExportException = null;
+    boolean releasedPreviously = released;
     if (!released) {
       released = true;
       for (int i = 0; i < sequenceAssetLoaders.size(); i++) {
@@ -378,12 +381,19 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
     }
 
     if (exception != null) {
+      if (releasedPreviously) {
+        Log.e(TAG, "Export error after export ended: ", exception);
+        return;
+      }
       ExportException finalException = exception;
       applicationHandler.post(
           () ->
               listener.onError(
                   exportResultBuilder.setExportException(finalException).build(), finalException));
     } else {
+      if (releasedPreviously) {
+        return;
+      }
       applicationHandler.post(() -> listener.onCompleted(exportResultBuilder.build()));
     }
   }