diff --git a/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DataSourceException.java b/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DataSourceException.java
index e6b3ae2707..a45b7db2f2 100644
--- a/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DataSourceException.java
+++ b/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DataSourceException.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
@@ -22,6 +23,24 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public final class DataSourceException extends IOException {
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the given {@link IOException} was caused by a {@link DataSourceException} whose
+   * {@link #reason} is {@link #POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE} in its cause stack.
+   */
+  public static boolean isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(IOException e) {
+    @Nullable Throwable cause = e;
+    while (cause != null) {
+      if (cause instanceof DataSourceException) {
+        int reason = ((DataSourceException) cause).reason;
+        if (reason == DataSourceException.POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+      cause = cause.getCause();
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   public static final int POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE = 0;
 
   /**
diff --git a/library/common/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DataSourceExceptionTest.java b/library/common/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DataSourceExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59a4939a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/common/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DataSourceExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+/** Unit tests for {@link DataSourceException}. */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class DataSourceExceptionTest {
+
+  private static final int REASON_OTHER = DataSourceException.POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE - 1;
+
+  @Test
+  public void isCausedByPositionOutOfRange_reasonIsPositionOutOfRange_returnsTrue() {
+    DataSourceException e = new DataSourceException(DataSourceException.POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE);
+    assertThat(DataSourceException.isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(e)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void isCausedByPositionOutOfRange_reasonIsOther_returnsFalse() {
+    DataSourceException e = new DataSourceException(REASON_OTHER);
+    assertThat(DataSourceException.isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(e)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void isCausedByPositionOutOfRange_indirectauseReasonIsPositionOutOfRange_returnsTrue() {
+    DataSourceException cause = new DataSourceException(DataSourceException.POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE);
+    IOException e = new IOException(new IOException(cause));
+    assertThat(DataSourceException.isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(e)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void isCausedByPositionOutOfRange_causeReasonIsOther_returnsFalse() {
+    DataSourceException cause = new DataSourceException(REASON_OTHER);
+    IOException e = new IOException(new IOException(cause));
+    assertThat(DataSourceException.isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(e)).isFalse();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheDataSource.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheDataSource.java
index 2a8c4666e1..d20aaa0b63 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheDataSource.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheDataSource.java
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ public final class CacheDataSource implements DataSource {
       }
       return bytesRead;
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      if (currentDataSpecLengthUnset && CacheUtil.isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(e)) {
+      if (currentDataSpecLengthUnset && DataSourceException.isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(e)) {
         setNoBytesRemainingAndMaybeStoreLength();
         return C.RESULT_END_OF_INPUT;
       }
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheUtil.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheUtil.java
index be600a4a87..08622df3ea 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheUtil.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CacheUtil.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public final class CacheUtil {
                 dataSource.open(dataSpec.subrange(positionOffset, endOffset - positionOffset));
             isDataSourceOpen = true;
           } catch (IOException exception) {
-            if (!isLastBlock || !isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(exception)) {
+            if (!isLastBlock || !DataSourceException.isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(exception)) {
               throw exception;
             }
             Util.closeQuietly(dataSource);
@@ -349,20 +349,6 @@ public final class CacheUtil {
     }
   }
 
-  /* package */ static boolean isCausedByPositionOutOfRange(IOException e) {
-    @Nullable Throwable cause = e;
-    while (cause != null) {
-      if (cause instanceof DataSourceException) {
-        int reason = ((DataSourceException) cause).reason;
-        if (reason == DataSourceException.POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE) {
-          return true;
-        }
-      }
-      cause = cause.getCause();
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
   private static String buildCacheKey(
       DataSpec dataSpec, @Nullable CacheKeyFactory cacheKeyFactory) {
     return (cacheKeyFactory != null ? cacheKeyFactory : CacheKeyFactory.DEFAULT)