diff --git a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenMediaController.mjs b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenMediaController.mjs
index 2c85c90a..f8c597ea 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenMediaController.mjs
+++ b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenMediaController.mjs
@@ -88,8 +88,13 @@ class ZenMediaController {
    * @param {Object} browser - The browser associated with the media controller.
    */
   activateMediaControls(mediaController, browser) {
+    if (this._currentBrowser) this.updateMuteState();
     if (this._currentBrowser?.browserId === browser.browserId) return;
-    else this._currentBrowser = browser;
+    else {
+      this.deinitMediaController(this._currentMediaController);
+      this._currentMediaController = mediaController;
+      this._currentBrowser = browser;
+    }
 
     mediaController.onpositionstatechange = this.onPositionstateChange.bind(this);
     mediaController.onplaybackstatechange = this.onPlaybackstateChange.bind(this);
@@ -97,11 +102,6 @@ class ZenMediaController {
     mediaController.onmetadatachange = this.onMetadataChange.bind(this);
     mediaController.ondeactivated = this.onDeactivated.bind(this);
 
-    if (this._currentMediaController === mediaController) return;
-    else this.deinitMediaController(this._currentMediaController);
-
-    this._currentMediaController = mediaController;
-
     const metadata = mediaController.getMetadata();
     const positionState = mediaController.getPositionState();
 
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ class ZenMediaController {
       this._currentMediaController?.play();
     }
   }
+
+  updateMuteState() {
+    if (this._currentBrowser._audioMuted) {
+      this.mediaControlBar.setAttribute('muted', '');
+    } else {
+      this.mediaControlBar.removeAttribute('muted');
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 window.gZenMediaController = new ZenMediaController();
diff --git a/src/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent-sys-mjs.patch b/src/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent-sys-mjs.patch
index 229c19e5..1c84761b 100644
--- a/src/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent-sys-mjs.patch
+++ b/src/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent-sys-mjs.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent.sys.mjs b/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent.sys.mjs
-index db682fd90b2bb5330497d2cf2158ff4cac6bbc47..c44e39f47f9d9b13918930a6c96ee7aa39c51b36 100644
+index db682fd90b2bb5330497d2cf2158ff4cac6bbc47..4e6f891275d489418b8ea58a10345a1baa3a554c 100644
 --- a/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent.sys.mjs
 +++ b/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackParent.sys.mjs
-@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export class AudioPlaybackParent extends JSWindowActorParent {
+@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ export class AudioPlaybackParent extends JSWindowActorParent {
      switch (aMessage.name) {
        case "AudioPlayback:Start":
          this._hasAudioPlayback = true;
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ index db682fd90b2bb5330497d2cf2158ff4cac6bbc47..c44e39f47f9d9b13918930a6c96ee7aa
          browser.audioPlaybackStarted();
          break;
        case "AudioPlayback:Stop":
+         this._hasAudioPlayback = false;
++        browser.ownerGlobal.gZenMediaController.updateMuteState();
+         browser.audioPlaybackStopped();
+         break;
+       case "AudioPlayback:ActiveMediaBlockStart":