diff --git a/src/js/events.js b/src/js/events.js
index 91635f3a38..80400183d4 100644
--- a/src/js/events.js
+++ b/src/js/events.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ vjs.on = function(elem, type, fn){
  * Removes event listeners from an element
  * @param  {Element|Object}   elem Object to remove listeners from
  * @param  {String|Array=}   type Type of listener to remove. Don't include to remove all events from element.
- * @param  {Function} fn   Specific listener to remove. Don't incldue to remove listeners for an event type.
+ * @param  {Function} fn   Specific listener to remove. Don't include to remove listeners for an event type.
  * @private
  */
 vjs.off = function(elem, type, fn) {
diff --git a/src/js/media/html5.js b/src/js/media/html5.js
index 9cb1e3c14a..8b74da86ca 100644
--- a/src/js/media/html5.js
+++ b/src/js/media/html5.js
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ vjs.Html5 = vjs.MediaTechController.extend({
 
     var source = options['source'];
 
-    // set the source if one was provided
-    if (source && this.el_.currentSrc !== source.src) {
+    // Set the source if one is provided
+    // 1) Check if the source is new (if not, we want to keep the original so playback isn't interrupted)
+    // 2) Check to see if the network state of the tag was failed at init, and if so, reset the source
+    // anyway so the error gets fired.
+    if (source && (this.el_.currentSrc !== source.src) || (player.tag && player.tag.initNetworkState_ === 3)) {
       this.el_.src = source.src;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/js/player.js b/src/js/player.js
index 91d84a9c1c..9c49b0ae3f 100644
--- a/src/js/player.js
+++ b/src/js/player.js
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ vjs.Player.prototype.createEl = function(){
   this.width(this.options_['width'], true); // (true) Skip resize listener on load
   this.height(this.options_['height'], true);
 
+  // vjs.insertFirst seems to cause the networkState to flicker from 3 to 2, so
+  // keep track of the original for later so we can know if the source originally failed
+  tag.initNetworkState_ = tag.networkState;
+
   // Wrap video tag in div (el/box) container
   if (tag.parentNode) {
     tag.parentNode.insertBefore(el, tag);