diff --git a/src/controller/fragment-finders.ts b/src/controller/fragment-finders.ts
index 995352fc944..7f517974ff7 100644
--- a/src/controller/fragment-finders.ts
+++ b/src/controller/fragment-finders.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ export function fragmentWithinToleranceTest(
   maxFragLookUpTolerance = 0,
   candidate: Fragment
 ) {
+  // eagerly accept an accurate match (no tolerance)
+  if (
+    candidate.start <= bufferEnd &&
+    candidate.start + candidate.duration > bufferEnd
+  ) {
+    return 0;
+  }
   // offset should be within fragment boundary - config.maxFragLookUpTolerance
   // this is to cope with situations like
   // bufferEnd = 9.991
diff --git a/tests/unit/controller/fragment-finders.js b/tests/unit/controller/fragment-finders.js
index d695959e2f2..b67882f6fe0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/controller/fragment-finders.js
+++ b/tests/unit/controller/fragment-finders.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('Fragment finders', function () {
         {
           deltaPTS: 0,
           cc: 2,
-          duration: 0.033,
+          duration: 5,
           start: 60.234398412698226,
           sn: 12,
           level: 0,
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe('Fragment finders', function () {
       expect(actual).to.equal(-1);
     });
 
-    it('does not skip very small fragments', function () {
+    it('does not skip very small fragments at the start', function () {
       const frag = {
         start: 0.2,
         duration: 0.1,
@@ -201,6 +201,31 @@ describe('Fragment finders', function () {
       const actual = fragmentWithinToleranceTest(0, tolerance, frag);
       expect(actual).to.equal(0);
     });
+    it('does not skip very small fragments', function () {
+      const frag = {
+        start: 5,
+        duration: 0.1,
+        deltaPTS: 0.1,
+      };
+      const actual = fragmentWithinToleranceTest(5, tolerance, frag);
+      expect(actual).to.equal(0);
+    });
+    it('does not skip very small fragments without deltaPTS', function () {
+      const frag = {
+        start: 5,
+        duration: 0.1,
+      };
+      const actual = fragmentWithinToleranceTest(5, tolerance, frag);
+      expect(actual).to.equal(0);
+    });
+    it('does not skip fragments when searching near boundaries', function () {
+      const frag = {
+        start: 19.96916,
+        duration: 9.98458,
+      };
+      const actual = fragmentWithinToleranceTest(29, 0.25, frag);
+      expect(actual).to.equal(0);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('findFragmentByPDT', function () {