diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 23da916f8a..ed36139f82 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
         ([#7832](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/7832)).
     *   Fix a bug that caused multiple ads in an ad pod to be skipped when one
         ad in the ad pod was skipped.
+    *   Fix a bug that caused ad progress not to be updated if the player
+        resumed after buffering during an ad
+        ([#8239](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/8239)).
     *   Fix passing an ads response to the `ImaAdsLoader` builder.
     *   Set the overlay language based on the device locale by default.
 *   Cronet extension:
diff --git a/extensions/ima/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/ima/ImaAdsLoader.java b/extensions/ima/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/ima/ImaAdsLoader.java
index bfb8a58e4c..252aa2e396 100644
--- a/extensions/ima/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/ima/ImaAdsLoader.java
+++ b/extensions/ima/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/ima/ImaAdsLoader.java
@@ -1243,6 +1243,7 @@ public final class ImaAdsLoader
   private void handlePlayerStateChanged(boolean playWhenReady, @Player.State int playbackState) {
     if (playingAd && imaAdState == IMA_AD_STATE_PLAYING) {
       if (!bufferingAd && playbackState == Player.STATE_BUFFERING) {
+        bufferingAd = true;
         AdMediaInfo adMediaInfo = checkNotNull(imaAdMediaInfo);
         for (int i = 0; i < adCallbacks.size(); i++) {
           adCallbacks.get(i).onBuffering(adMediaInfo);