diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f91548813..fc62549fb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.16.6 (2010/??/??)
+* decoder:
+  - fix assertion failure when resuming streams
 * event_pipe: fix WIN32 regression
 * define WINVER in ./configure
 * WIN32: autodetect filesystem encoding
diff --git a/src/decoder_api.c b/src/decoder_api.c
index 6dcca32c2..695ca0281 100644
--- a/src/decoder_api.c
+++ b/src/decoder_api.c
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ decoder_prepare_initial_seek(struct decoder *decoder)
 		return true;
 
 	if (decoder->initial_seek_pending) {
+		if (!dc->seekable) {
+			/* seeking is not possible */
+			decoder->initial_seek_pending = false;
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		if (dc->command == DECODE_COMMAND_NONE) {
 			/* begin initial seek */