diff --git a/lib/media/streaming_engine.js b/lib/media/streaming_engine.js
index b36fcead25..947155c7c3 100644
--- a/lib/media/streaming_engine.js
+++ b/lib/media/streaming_engine.js
@@ -2575,7 +2575,6 @@ shaka.media.StreamingEngine = class {
     mediaState.clearBufferSafeMargin = 0;
     mediaState.clearingBuffer = true;
     mediaState.lastSegmentReference = null;
-    mediaState.lastInitSegmentReference = null;
     mediaState.segmentIterator = null;
 
     shaka.log.debug(logPrefix, 'clearing buffer');
diff --git a/test/media/streaming_engine_unit.js b/test/media/streaming_engine_unit.js
index 4adcb5596a..3510b498a7 100644
--- a/test/media/streaming_engine_unit.js
+++ b/test/media/streaming_engine_unit.js
@@ -1179,12 +1179,13 @@ describe('StreamingEngine', () => {
 
       const segmentType = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.RequestType.SEGMENT;
       const segmentContext = {
-        type: shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.AdvancedRequestType.INIT_SEGMENT,
+        type: shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.AdvancedRequestType.MEDIA_SEGMENT,
       };
 
-      // Quickly switching back to text1, and text init segment should be
+      // Quickly switching back to text1, and text init segment shouldn't be
       // fetched again.
-      netEngine.expectRequest('text-20-init', segmentType, segmentContext);
+      netEngine.expectRequest('text-20-0.mp4', segmentType, segmentContext);
+      netEngine.expectNoRequest('text-20-init', segmentType, segmentContext);
       netEngine.expectNoRequest('text-21-init', segmentType, segmentContext);
       // TODO: huh?
     });