diff --git a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
index e78fce4bbf..e67c90f621 100644
--- a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
+++ b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ goog.require('shaka.util.Error');
 goog.require('shaka.util.FakeEvent');
 goog.require('shaka.util.LanguageUtils');
 goog.require('shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils');
+goog.require('shaka.util.Networking');
 goog.require('shaka.util.OperationManager');
 goog.require('shaka.util.Pssh');
 goog.require('shaka.media.SegmentUtils');
@@ -912,8 +913,11 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
         playlist, middleSegment.tags, getUris);
     this.mapTagToInitSegmentRefMap_.clear();
     if (initSegmentRef) {
-      const initSegmentRequest = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.makeRequest(
-          initSegmentRef.getUris(), this.config_.retryParameters);
+      const initSegmentRequest = shaka.util.Networking.createSegmentRequest(
+          initSegmentRef.getUris(),
+          initSegmentRef.getStartByte(),
+          initSegmentRef.getEndByte(),
+          this.config_.retryParameters);
       const initType =
           shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.AdvancedRequestType.INIT_SEGMENT;
       const initResponse = await this.makeNetworkRequest_(