diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/MediaCarouselController.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/MediaCarouselController.kt
index 8368792b8ae30..2cd564ff4e32a 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/MediaCarouselController.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/MediaCarouselController.kt
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class MediaCarouselController @Inject constructor(
         val existingPlayer = MediaPlayerData.getMediaPlayer(key)
         val curVisibleMediaKey = MediaPlayerData.playerKeys()
                 .elementAtOrNull(mediaCarouselScrollHandler.visibleMediaIndex)
-        val isCurVisibleMediaPlaying = MediaPlayerData.getMediaData(curVisibleMediaKey)?.isPlaying
+        val isCurVisibleMediaPlaying = curVisibleMediaKey?.data?.isPlaying
         if (existingPlayer == null) {
             val newPlayer = mediaControlPanelFactory.get()
             newPlayer.attachPlayer(MediaViewHolder.create(
@@ -1042,15 +1042,6 @@ internal object MediaPlayerData {
         }
     }
 
-    fun getMediaData(mediaSortKey: MediaSortKey?): MediaData? {
-        mediaData.forEach { (key, value) ->
-            if (value == mediaSortKey) {
-                return mediaData[key]?.data
-            }
-        }
-        return null
-    }
-
     fun getMediaPlayer(key: String): MediaControlPanel? {
         return mediaData.get(key)?.let { mediaPlayers.get(it) }
     }