diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
index b06691468945..268e4c00fa5b 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.11.1+1
+
+* Fixed uncanceled timers when calling `play` on the controller multiple times before `pause`, which
+  caused value listeners to be called indefinitely (after `pause`) and more often than needed. 
+
 ## 0.11.1
 
 * Enable TLSv1.1 & TLSv1.2 for API 19 and below.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
index bf98096af45d..ac1645085e36 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
     }
     if (value.isPlaying) {
       await _videoPlayerPlatform.play(_textureId);
+
+      // Cancel previous timer.
+      _timer?.cancel();
       _timer = Timer.periodic(
         const Duration(milliseconds: 500),
         (Timer timer) async {
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
index 34e982851e29..753333fff5db 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Flutter plugin for displaying inline video with other Flutter
 # 0.10.y+z is compatible with 1.0.0, if you land a breaking change bump
 # the version to 2.0.0.
 # See more details: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Package-migration-to-1.0.0
-version: 0.11.1
+version: 0.11.1+1
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/video_player/video_player
 
 flutter: