diff --git a/src/streaming/controllers/StreamController.js b/src/streaming/controllers/StreamController.js
index 829ef47f8a..75a003dfbb 100644
--- a/src/streaming/controllers/StreamController.js
+++ b/src/streaming/controllers/StreamController.js
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ function StreamController() {
                         _initializeForFirstStream(streamsInfo);
                     }
                     eventBus.trigger(Events.STREAMS_COMPOSED);
+                    // Additional periods might have been added after an MPD update. Check again if we can start prebuffering.
+                    _checkIfPrebufferingCanStart();
                 })
                 .catch((e) => {
                     throw e;