diff --git a/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/io/WebSocketHandler.kt b/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/io/WebSocketHandler.kt
index 591952c80..8765aa997 100644
--- a/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/io/WebSocketHandler.kt
+++ b/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/io/WebSocketHandler.kt
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class WebSocketHandler(
 
     private fun seek(json: JSONObject) {
         val player = context.getPlayer(json.getLong("guildId"))
-        if (!player.isPlaying) {
+        if (player.track == null) {
             log.warn("Can't seek when player is not playing anything")
             return
         }
diff --git a/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/player/PlayerRestHandler.kt b/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/player/PlayerRestHandler.kt
index fe0e4fe92..2b7273edb 100644
--- a/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/player/PlayerRestHandler.kt
+++ b/LavalinkServer/src/main/java/lavalink/server/player/PlayerRestHandler.kt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class PlayerRestHandler(
         // we handle position differently for playing new tracks
         playerUpdate.position.takeIf { it.isPresent && !playerUpdate.encodedTrack.isPresent && !playerUpdate.identifier.isPresent }
             ?.let {
-                if (player.isPlaying) {
+                if (player.track != null) {
                     player.seekTo(it.value)
                     SocketServer.sendPlayerUpdate(context, player)
                 }