diff --git a/src/controller/cap-level-controller.js b/src/controller/cap-level-controller.js
index 6aaf8309442..af09d9b7b55 100644
--- a/src/controller/cap-level-controller.js
+++ b/src/controller/cap-level-controller.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ class CapLevelController extends EventHandler {
       Event.FPS_DROP_LEVEL_CAPPING,
       Event.MEDIA_ATTACHING,
       Event.MANIFEST_PARSED,
-      Event.BUFFER_CODECS);
+      Event.BUFFER_CODECS,
+      Event.MEDIA_DETACHING);
 
     this.autoLevelCapping = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
     this.firstLevel = null;
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ class CapLevelController extends EventHandler {
     this.levels = data.levels;
   }
 
+  onMediaDetaching () {
+    this._stopCapping();
+  }
+
   detectPlayerSize () {
     if (this.media) {
       let levelsLength = this.levels ? this.levels.length : 0;