diff --git a/libavformat/hlsenc.c b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
index a796c124dd..afb4d2a0c0 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
@@ -833,7 +833,6 @@ static int hls_mux_init(AVFormatContext *s, VariantStream *vs)
         av_dict_copy(&st->metadata, vs->streams[i]->metadata, 0);
     }
 
-    vs->packets_written = 1;
     vs->start_pos = 0;
     vs->new_start = 1;
 
@@ -848,9 +847,6 @@ static int hls_mux_init(AVFormatContext *s, VariantStream *vs)
         }
     }
 
-    vs->packets_written = 0;
-    vs->init_range_length = 0;
-
     if ((ret = avio_open_dyn_buf(&oc->pb)) < 0)
         return ret;