diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.cpp
index aac34df3043..84370c08bd1 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.cpp
@@ -96,11 +96,7 @@ PlaybackManager::PlaybackManager(NonnullOwnPtr<Demuxer>& demuxer, Track video_tr
 
 PlaybackManager::~PlaybackManager()
 {
-    m_stop_decoding.exchange(true);
-    m_decode_wait_condition.broadcast();
-    dbgln_if(PLAYBACK_MANAGER_DEBUG, "Waiting for decode thread to end...");
-    (void)m_decode_thread->join();
-    dbgln_if(PLAYBACK_MANAGER_DEBUG, "Successfully destroyed PlaybackManager.");
+    terminate_playback();
 }
 
 void PlaybackManager::resume_playback()
@@ -117,6 +113,18 @@ void PlaybackManager::pause_playback()
     TRY_OR_FATAL_ERROR(m_playback_handler->pause());
 }
 
+void PlaybackManager::terminate_playback()
+{
+    m_stop_decoding.exchange(true);
+    m_decode_wait_condition.broadcast();
+
+    if (m_decode_thread->needs_to_be_joined()) {
+        dbgln_if(PLAYBACK_MANAGER_DEBUG, "Waiting for decode thread to end...");
+        (void)m_decode_thread->join();
+        dbgln_if(PLAYBACK_MANAGER_DEBUG, "Successfully destroyed PlaybackManager.");
+    }
+}
+
 Duration PlaybackManager::current_playback_time()
 {
     return m_playback_handler->current_time();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.h
index 3d85b11ad47..de41b905255 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibVideo/PlaybackManager.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ public:
     void resume_playback();
     void pause_playback();
     void restart_playback();
+    void terminate_playback();
     void seek_to_timestamp(Duration, SeekMode = DEFAULT_SEEK_MODE);
     bool is_playing() const
     {