diff --git a/lib/player.js b/lib/player.js
index 5a0b160728..1c11110dae 100644
--- a/lib/player.js
+++ b/lib/player.js
@@ -6984,7 +6984,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
           's). Updating playbackRate to ' + minPlaybackRate);
         this.trickPlay(minPlaybackRate, /* useTrickPlayTrack= */ false);
       }
-    } else if (maxLatency && maxPlaybackRate &&
+    } else if (maxLatency != undefined && maxPlaybackRate &&
       (latency - offset) > maxLatency) {
       if (playbackRate != maxPlaybackRate) {
         shaka.log.debug('Latency (' + latency + 's) is greater than ' +
@@ -6993,7 +6993,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
         this.trickPlay(maxPlaybackRate, /* useTrickPlayTrack= */ false);
       }
       this.targetLatencyReached_ = null;
-    } else if (minLatency && minPlaybackRate &&
+    } else if (minLatency != undefined && minPlaybackRate &&
         (latency - offset) < minLatency) {
       if (playbackRate != minPlaybackRate) {
         shaka.log.debug('Latency (' + latency + 's) is smaller than ' +