diff --git a/player/playloop.c b/player/playloop.c
index 4ae1864cb9..86738e4ed0 100644
--- a/player/playloop.c
+++ b/player/playloop.c
@@ -1170,6 +1170,9 @@ static void handle_playback_restart(struct MPContext *mpctx)
 
 static void handle_eof(struct MPContext *mpctx)
 {
+    if (mpctx->seek.type)
+        return;
+
     /* Don't quit while paused and we're displaying the last video frame. On the
      * other hand, if we don't have a video frame, then the user probably seeked
      * outside of the video, and we do want to quit. */