diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
index b32940b28d..bb07dcb96c 100644
--- a/libavformat/hls.c
+++ b/libavformat/hls.c
@@ -1905,7 +1905,6 @@ static int hls_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         }
         ffio_init_context(&pls->pb, pls->read_buffer, INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE, 0, pls,
                           read_data, NULL, NULL);
-        pls->pb.seekable = 0;
         ret = av_probe_input_buffer(&pls->pb, &in_fmt, pls->segments[0]->url,
                                     NULL, 0, 0);
         if (ret < 0) {