diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
index d8d939a..857e703 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
@@ -1376,16 +1376,15 @@
 
             sp<NuPlayerDriver> driver = mDriver.promote();
             if (driver != NULL) {
+                // notify duration first, so that it's definitely set when
+                // the app received the "prepare complete" callback.
+                int64_t durationUs;
+                if (mSource->getDuration(&durationUs) == OK) {
+                    driver->notifyDuration(durationUs);
+                }
                 driver->notifyPrepareCompleted(err);
             }
 
-            int64_t durationUs;
-            if (mDriver != NULL && mSource->getDuration(&durationUs) == OK) {
-                sp<NuPlayerDriver> driver = mDriver.promote();
-                if (driver != NULL) {
-                    driver->notifyDuration(durationUs);
-                }
-            }
             break;
         }
 
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerDriver.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerDriver.cpp
index e4850f0..280b5af 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerDriver.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerDriver.cpp
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@
         case STATE_PREPARED:
         {
             mStartupSeekTimeUs = seekTimeUs;
+            // pretend that the seek completed. It will actually happen when starting playback.
+            // TODO: actually perform the seek here, so the player is ready to go at the new
+            // location
+            notifySeekComplete();
             break;
         }