diff --git a/src/player.ts b/src/player.ts
index 25743cef..f936860e 100644
--- a/src/player.ts
+++ b/src/player.ts
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
    * @private
    */
   private _getTracksByType<T extends PKTextTrack | AudioTrack | VideoTrack | ImageTrack>(type: { new (...args: any[]): T }): T[] {
-    return this._tracks.reduce((arr: T[], track) => {
+    return this._tracks?.reduce((arr: T[], track) => {
       if (track instanceof type && track.available) {
         arr.push(track);
       }
diff --git a/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts b/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts
index 1f70abdd..06d92295 100644
--- a/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts
+++ b/src/track/external-captions-handler.ts
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ class ExternalCaptionsHandler extends FakeEventTarget {
    * @private
    */
   private _maybeSetExternalCueIndex(): boolean {
-    const textTrack = this._player._getTextTracks().find(track => track.active && track.external);
+    const textTrack = this._player._getTextTracks()?.find(track => track.active && track.external);
     if (textTrack && textTrack.external) {
       const cues = this._textTrackModel[textTrack.language] ? this._textTrackModel[textTrack.language].cues : [];
       let i = 0;