diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java
index 2984802526..751fbd8cf2 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java
@@ -9449,8 +9449,8 @@ public class ExoPlayerTest {
 
               @Override
               public boolean continueLoading(LoadingInfo loadingInfo) {
-                super.continueLoading(loadingInfo);
-                if (!loader.isLoading()) {
+                boolean progressMade = super.continueLoading(loadingInfo);
+                if (progressMade && !loader.isLoading()) {
                   loader.startLoading(
                       loadable, new FakeLoaderCallback(), /* defaultMinRetryCount= */ 1);
                 }
diff --git a/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/FakeMediaPeriod.java b/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/FakeMediaPeriod.java
index 79e64fda5b..a8b9c06b5f 100644
--- a/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/FakeMediaPeriod.java
+++ b/libraries/test_utils/src/main/java/androidx/media3/test/utils/FakeMediaPeriod.java
@@ -363,10 +363,12 @@ public class FakeMediaPeriod implements MediaPeriod {
 
   @Override
   public boolean continueLoading(LoadingInfo loadingInfo) {
+    boolean progressMade = false;
     for (FakeSampleStream sampleStream : sampleStreams) {
       sampleStream.writeData(loadingInfo.playbackPositionUs);
+      progressMade = true;
     }
-    return true;
+    return progressMade;
   }
 
   @Override