diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
index f07bb5f66f8c..9cb642a4db56 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## NEXT
+## 2.1.15
 
+* Ensured seekTo isn't called before video player is initialized. Fixes [#89259](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/89259).
 * Updated Android lint settings.
 
 ## 2.1.14
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
index 772409258ac4..b4c4b2b2a311 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
@@ -415,14 +415,14 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
   }
 
   Future<void> _applyLooping() async {
-    if (!value.isInitialized || _isDisposed) {
+    if (_isDisposedOrNotInitialized) {
       return;
     }
     await _videoPlayerPlatform.setLooping(_textureId, value.isLooping);
   }
 
   Future<void> _applyPlayPause() async {
-    if (!value.isInitialized || _isDisposed) {
+    if (_isDisposedOrNotInitialized) {
       return;
     }
     if (value.isPlaying) {
@@ -455,14 +455,14 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
   }
 
   Future<void> _applyVolume() async {
-    if (!value.isInitialized || _isDisposed) {
+    if (_isDisposedOrNotInitialized) {
       return;
     }
     await _videoPlayerPlatform.setVolume(_textureId, value.volume);
   }
 
   Future<void> _applyPlaybackSpeed() async {
-    if (!value.isInitialized || _isDisposed) {
+    if (_isDisposedOrNotInitialized) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
   /// If [moment] is outside of the video's full range it will be automatically
   /// and silently clamped.
   Future<void> seekTo(Duration position) async {
-    if (_isDisposed) {
+    if (_isDisposedOrNotInitialized) {
       return;
     }
     if (position > value.duration) {
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
     value = value.copyWith(position: position);
     value = value.copyWith(caption: _getCaptionAt(position));
   }
+
+  bool get _isDisposedOrNotInitialized => _isDisposed || !value.isInitialized;
 }
 
 class _VideoAppLifeCycleObserver extends Object with WidgetsBindingObserver {
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
index 0d0cdb1cb436..7f6f608687cc 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Flutter plugin for displaying inline video with other Flutter
   widgets on Android, iOS, and web.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/video_player/video_player
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.1.14
+version: 2.1.15
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
index b5bfad605620..ad536f840c1d 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
@@ -318,6 +318,17 @@ void main() {
       expect(fakeVideoPlayerPlatform.calls.last, 'setPlaybackSpeed');
     });
 
+    test('play before initialized does not call platform', () async {
+      final VideoPlayerController controller = VideoPlayerController.network(
+        'https://127.0.0.1',
+      );
+      expect(controller.value.isInitialized, isFalse);
+
+      await controller.play();
+
+      expect(fakeVideoPlayerPlatform.calls, isEmpty);
+    });
+
     test('play restarts from beginning if video is at end', () async {
       final VideoPlayerController controller = VideoPlayerController.network(
         'https://127.0.0.1',
@@ -373,6 +384,17 @@ void main() {
         expect(await controller.position, const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
       });
 
+      test('before initialized does not call platform', () async {
+        final VideoPlayerController controller = VideoPlayerController.network(
+          'https://127.0.0.1',
+        );
+        expect(controller.value.isInitialized, isFalse);
+
+        await controller.seekTo(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+
+        expect(fakeVideoPlayerPlatform.calls, isEmpty);
+      });
+
       test('clamps values that are too high or low', () async {
         final VideoPlayerController controller = VideoPlayerController.network(
           'https://127.0.0.1',