diff --git a/packages/components/viewer/sub-components/viewer-player.js b/packages/components/viewer/sub-components/viewer-player.js
index 40dde73de9..3b2977799c 100644
--- a/packages/components/viewer/sub-components/viewer-player.js
+++ b/packages/components/viewer/sub-components/viewer-player.js
@@ -422,6 +422,17 @@ export default function ViewerPlayer(props) {
   const [currentVolume, setCurrentVolume] = React.useState(stateVolume);
   const [globalTimer, setGlobalTimer] = React.useState(null);
   const speedIcons = [<Icon05x />, <Icon1x />, <Icon15x />, <Icon2x />];
+
+  const unmountedRef = React.useRef(false);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    unmountedRef.current = false;
+
+    return () => {
+      unmountedRef.current = true;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   const handlers = useSwipeable({
     onSwiping: (e) => {
       const [width, height, left, top] = getVideoPosition(videoRef.current);
@@ -833,14 +844,22 @@ export default function ViewerPlayer(props) {
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (videoRef && videoRef.current) {
-      videoRef.current.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
+      const onError = (event) => {
+        if (unmountedRef.current) return;
+
         setIsError(true);
         return dispatch(
           createAction(ACTION_TYPES.update, {
             loadingError: true,
           })
         );
-      });
+      };
+
+      videoRef.current.addEventListener("error", onError);
+
+      return () => {
+        videoRef.current?.removeEventListener("error", onError);
+      };
     }
   }, [videoRef.current]);