diff --git a/Model/Player/Backends/AVPlayerBackend.swift b/Model/Player/Backends/AVPlayerBackend.swift
index 7a218d6b..0fca77a2 100644
--- a/Model/Player/Backends/AVPlayerBackend.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/Backends/AVPlayerBackend.swift
@@ -521,6 +521,12 @@ final class AVPlayerBackend: PlayerBackend {
                 MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().playbackState = self.avPlayer.timeControlStatus == .playing ? .playing : .paused
             #endif
 
+            if self.controls.isPlaying != self.isPlaying {
+                DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                    self.controls.isPlaying = self.isPlaying
+                }
+            }
+
             if let currentTime = self.currentTime {
                 self.model.handleSegments(at: currentTime)
             }
@@ -562,7 +568,8 @@ final class AVPlayerBackend: PlayerBackend {
     private func addPlayerTimeControlStatusObserver() {
         playerTimeControlStatusObserver = avPlayer.observe(\.timeControlStatus) { [weak self] player, _ in
             guard let self = self,
-                  self.avPlayer == player
+                  self.avPlayer == player,
+                  self.model.activeBackend == .appleAVPlayer
             else {
                 return
             }
diff --git a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
index b4774b6c..71ab8e7b 100644
--- a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ final class MPVBackend: PlayerBackend {
     }
 
     private func updateControlsIsPlaying() {
+        guard model.activeBackend == .mpv else { return }
         DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
             self?.controls?.isPlaying = self?.isPlaying ?? false
         }