diff --git a/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp4/Mp4Extractor.java b/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp4/Mp4Extractor.java
index 7b2a90237d..1ce54db78d 100644
--- a/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp4/Mp4Extractor.java
+++ b/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp4/Mp4Extractor.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.mp4;
 import static com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.mp4.AtomParsers.parseTraks;
 import static com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.mp4.Sniffer.BRAND_HEIC;
 import static com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.mp4.Sniffer.BRAND_QUICKTIME;
-import static com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Assertions.checkNotNull;
 import static com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Util.castNonNull;
 import static java.lang.Math.max;
 import static java.lang.Math.min;
@@ -163,8 +162,8 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
   private int sampleCurrentNalBytesRemaining;
 
   // Extractor outputs.
-  private @MonotonicNonNull ExtractorOutput extractorOutput;
-  private Mp4Track @MonotonicNonNull [] tracks;
+  private ExtractorOutput extractorOutput;
+  private Mp4Track[] tracks;
 
   private long @MonotonicNonNull [][] accumulatedSampleSizes;
   private int firstVideoTrackIndex;
@@ -195,6 +194,8 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
     nalLength = new ParsableByteArray(4);
     scratch = new ParsableByteArray();
     sampleTrackIndex = C.INDEX_UNSET;
+    extractorOutput = ExtractorOutput.PLACEHOLDER;
+    tracks = new Mp4Track[0];
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
         sefReader.reset();
         slowMotionMetadataEntries.clear();
       }
-    } else if (tracks != null) {
+    } else {
       for (Mp4Track track : tracks) {
         updateSampleIndex(track, timeUs);
         if (track.trueHdSampleRechunker != null) {
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
 
   @Override
   public SeekPoints getSeekPoints(long timeUs) {
-    if (checkNotNull(tracks).length == 0) {
+    if (tracks.length == 0) {
       return new SeekPoints(SeekPoint.START);
     }
 
@@ -500,7 +501,6 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
             isQuickTime,
             /* modifyTrackFunction= */ track -> track);
 
-    ExtractorOutput extractorOutput = checkNotNull(this.extractorOutput);
     int trackCount = trackSampleTables.size();
     for (int i = 0; i < trackCount; i++) {
       TrackSampleTable trackSampleTable = trackSampleTables.get(i);
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
         return RESULT_END_OF_INPUT;
       }
     }
-    Mp4Track track = castNonNull(tracks)[sampleTrackIndex];
+    Mp4Track track = tracks[sampleTrackIndex];
     TrackOutput trackOutput = track.trackOutput;
     int sampleIndex = track.sampleIndex;
     long position = track.sampleTable.offsets[sampleIndex];
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
     long minAccumulatedBytes = Long.MAX_VALUE;
     boolean minAccumulatedBytesRequiresReload = true;
     int minAccumulatedBytesTrackIndex = C.INDEX_UNSET;
-    for (int trackIndex = 0; trackIndex < castNonNull(tracks).length; trackIndex++) {
+    for (int trackIndex = 0; trackIndex < tracks.length; trackIndex++) {
       Mp4Track track = tracks[trackIndex];
       int sampleIndex = track.sampleIndex;
       if (sampleIndex == track.sampleTable.sampleCount) {
@@ -742,7 +742,6 @@ public final class Mp4Extractor implements Extractor, SeekMap {
   private void processEndOfStreamReadingAtomHeader() {
     if (fileType == FILE_TYPE_HEIC && (flags & FLAG_READ_MOTION_PHOTO_METADATA) != 0) {
       // Add image track and prepare media.
-      ExtractorOutput extractorOutput = checkNotNull(this.extractorOutput);
       TrackOutput trackOutput = extractorOutput.track(/* id= */ 0, C.TRACK_TYPE_IMAGE);
       @Nullable
       Metadata metadata = motionPhotoMetadata == null ? null : new Metadata(motionPhotoMetadata);