diff --git a/dlls/winegstreamer/gst_private.h b/dlls/winegstreamer/gst_private.h
index 6430e853777..5ed44f0d50b 100644
--- a/dlls/winegstreamer/gst_private.h
+++ b/dlls/winegstreamer/gst_private.h
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ HRESULT wm_reader_get_stream_sample(struct wm_reader *reader, IWMReaderCallbackA
         INSSBuffer **ret_sample, QWORD *pts, QWORD *duration, DWORD *flags, WORD *ret_stream_number);
 HRESULT wm_reader_get_stream_selection(struct wm_reader *reader,
         WORD stream_number, WMT_STREAM_SELECTION *selection);
-void wm_reader_seek(struct wm_reader *reader, QWORD start, LONGLONG duration);
 HRESULT wm_reader_set_allocate_for_output(struct wm_reader *reader, DWORD output, BOOL allocate);
 HRESULT wm_reader_set_allocate_for_stream(struct wm_reader *reader, WORD stream_number, BOOL allocate);
 HRESULT wm_reader_set_output_props(struct wm_reader *reader, DWORD output,
diff --git a/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_asyncreader.c b/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_asyncreader.c
index 4546a9c3309..60cffba2553 100644
--- a/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_asyncreader.c
+++ b/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_asyncreader.c
@@ -244,10 +244,9 @@ static DWORD WINAPI async_reader_callback_thread(void *arg)
                 {
                     reader->context = op->u.start.context;
                     if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
-                    {
-                        wm_reader_seek(reader->wm_reader, op->u.start.start, op->u.start.duration);
+                        hr = IWMSyncReader2_SetRange(reader->reader, op->u.start.start, op->u.start.duration);
+                    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
                         reader->clock_start = get_current_time(reader);
-                    }
 
                     LeaveCriticalSection(&reader->callback_cs);
                     IWMReaderCallback_OnStatus(reader->callback, WMT_STARTED, hr,
diff --git a/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_reader.c b/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_reader.c
index d3e71efeac6..09af7457b27 100644
--- a/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_reader.c
+++ b/dlls/winegstreamer/wm_reader.c
@@ -1886,23 +1886,6 @@ HRESULT wm_reader_get_stream_sample(struct wm_reader *reader, IWMReaderCallbackA
     }
 }
 
-void wm_reader_seek(struct wm_reader *reader, QWORD start, LONGLONG duration)
-{
-    WORD i;
-
-    EnterCriticalSection(&reader->cs);
-
-    reader->start_time = start;
-
-    wg_parser_stream_seek(reader->streams[0].wg_stream, 1.0, start, start + duration,
-            AM_SEEKING_AbsolutePositioning, duration ? AM_SEEKING_AbsolutePositioning : AM_SEEKING_NoPositioning);
-
-    for (i = 0; i < reader->stream_count; ++i)
-        reader->streams[i].eos = false;
-
-    LeaveCriticalSection(&reader->cs);
-}
-
 HRESULT wm_reader_set_streams_selected(struct wm_reader *reader, WORD count,
         const WORD *stream_numbers, const WMT_STREAM_SELECTION *selections)
 {
@@ -2415,10 +2398,21 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI reader_SetOutputSetting(IWMSyncReader2 *iface, DWORD outpu
 static HRESULT WINAPI reader_SetRange(IWMSyncReader2 *iface, QWORD start, LONGLONG duration)
 {
     struct wm_reader *reader = impl_from_IWMSyncReader2(iface);
+    WORD i;
 
     TRACE("reader %p, start %I64u, duration %I64d.\n", reader, start, duration);
 
-    wm_reader_seek(reader, start, duration);
+    EnterCriticalSection(&reader->cs);
+
+    reader->start_time = start;
+
+    wg_parser_stream_seek(reader->streams[0].wg_stream, 1.0, start, start + duration,
+            AM_SEEKING_AbsolutePositioning, duration ? AM_SEEKING_AbsolutePositioning : AM_SEEKING_NoPositioning);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < reader->stream_count; ++i)
+        reader->streams[i].eos = false;
+
+    LeaveCriticalSection(&reader->cs);
     return S_OK;
 }