diff --git a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
index 0b99342c2a..5d55e0b580 100644
--- a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
+++ b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
@@ -500,9 +500,7 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser.prototype.createStreamInfoFromMediaTag_ =
   var LanguageUtils = shaka.util.LanguageUtils;
   var language = LanguageUtils.normalize(/** @type {string} */(
       tag.getAttributeValue('LANGUAGE', 'und')));
-  var labelValue = tag.getAttributeValue('NAME');
-  var label = labelValue ? labelValue.toString() : null;
-
+  var label = tag.getAttributeValue('NAME');
 
   var defaultAttr = tag.getAttribute('DEFAULT');
   var autoselectAttr = tag.getAttribute('AUTOSELECT');
@@ -539,7 +537,7 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser.prototype.createStreamInfoFromVariantTag_ =
   var uri = shaka.hls.HlsParser.getRequiredAttributeValue_(tag, 'URI');
   return this.createStreamInfo_(uri, allCodecs, type, timeOffset,
                                 /* language */ 'und', /* primary */ false,
-                                null);
+                                /* label */ null);
 };