diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/utils/fix/shortsplayback/ShortsPlaybackPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/utils/fix/shortsplayback/ShortsPlaybackPatch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..440a628b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/utils/fix/shortsplayback/ShortsPlaybackPatch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fix.shortsplayback
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.data.BytecodeContext
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.addInstruction
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.getInstruction
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.BytecodePatch
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotation.Patch
+import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fix.shortsplayback.fingerprints.ShortsPlaybackFingerprint
+import app.revanced.util.getTargetIndex
+import app.revanced.util.getWideLiteralInstructionIndex
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.OneRegisterInstruction
+
+@Patch(
+    description = "Fix issue with looping at the start of the video when applying default video quality to Shorts."
+)
+object ShortsPlaybackPatch : BytecodePatch(
+    setOf(ShortsPlaybackFingerprint)
+) {
+    override fun execute(context: BytecodeContext) {
+
+        /**
+         * This issue only affects some versions of YouTube.
+         * Therefore, this patch only applies to versions that can resolve this fingerprint.
+         *
+         * RVX applies default video quality to Shorts as well, so this patch is required.
+         */
+        ShortsPlaybackFingerprint.result?.let {
+            it.mutableMethod.apply {
+                val targetIndex = getTargetIndex(getWideLiteralInstructionIndex(45387052), Opcode.MOVE_RESULT)
+                val targetRegister = getInstruction<OneRegisterInstruction>(targetIndex).registerA
+
+                addInstruction(
+                    targetIndex + 1,
+                    "const/4 v$targetRegister, 0x0"
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/utils/fix/shortsplayback/fingerprints/ShortsPlaybackFingerprint.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/utils/fix/shortsplayback/fingerprints/ShortsPlaybackFingerprint.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3446ed30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/utils/fix/shortsplayback/fingerprints/ShortsPlaybackFingerprint.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fix.shortsplayback.fingerprints
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.or
+import app.revanced.util.fingerprint.LiteralValueFingerprint
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.AccessFlags
+
+object ShortsPlaybackFingerprint : LiteralValueFingerprint(
+    returnType = "Z",
+    accessFlags = AccessFlags.PUBLIC or AccessFlags.FINAL,
+    literalSupplier = { 45387052 }
+)
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/quality/VideoQualityPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/quality/VideoQualityPatch.kt
index ee16e1a50..bdd060086 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/quality/VideoQualityPatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/quality/VideoQualityPatch.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.settings.SettingsPatch.contexts
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.videoid.general.VideoIdPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.videoid.withoutshorts.VideoIdWithoutShortsPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fingerprints.VideoQualitySetterFingerprint
+import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fix.shortsplayback.ShortsPlaybackPatch
 import app.revanced.util.copyXmlNode
 import app.revanced.util.exception
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.TwoRegisterInstruction
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.TwoRegisterInstruction
         OverrideSpeedHookPatch::class,
         PlayerTypeHookPatch::class,
         SettingsPatch::class,
+        ShortsPlaybackPatch::class,
         VideoIdPatch::class,
         VideoIdWithoutShortsPatch::class
     ],