diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-period.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-period.c
index 7c1fc3fa2c..405631ed8b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-period.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-period.c
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ gst_adaptive_demux_period_combine_stream_flows (GstAdaptiveDemuxPeriod * period)
   for (iter = period->streams; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
     GstAdaptiveDemux2Stream *stream = iter->data;
 
+    /* Streams that are not running do not contribute
+     * to the flow */
+    if (stream->state == GST_ADAPTIVE_DEMUX2_STREAM_STATE_STOPPED)
+      continue;
+
     if (stream->last_ret != GST_FLOW_NOT_LINKED) {
       all_notlinked = FALSE;
       if (stream->last_ret != GST_FLOW_EOS)