diff --git a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.java b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.java
index 0cac21af4f59..60af28a64f3a 100644
--- a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.java
+++ b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 @JNINamespace("chrome::android")
 public class BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper {
 
-   public static void toggleFullscreen(WebContents webContents, boolean isFullScreen) {
-      BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelperJni.get().toggleFullscreen(webContents, isFullScreen);
+   public static void setFullscreen(WebContents webContents) {
+      BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelperJni.get().setFullscreen(webContents);
    }
 
    public static boolean isPlayingMedia(WebContents webContents) {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public static boolean isPlayingMedia(WebContents webContents) {
 
    @NativeMethods
    interface Natives {
-      void toggleFullscreen(WebContents webContents, boolean isFullScreen);
+      void setFullscreen(WebContents webContents);
 
       boolean isPlayingMedia(WebContents webContents);
    }
diff --git a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/app/BraveActivity.java b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/app/BraveActivity.java
index 7c989580f5d5..5a87578f72ab 100644
--- a/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/app/BraveActivity.java
+++ b/android/java/org/chromium/chrome/browser/app/BraveActivity.java
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ public void onUserLeaveHint() {
                 && isYTVideoUrl(currentTab.getUrl())
                 && !isInPictureInPictureMode()
                 && BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.isPlayingMedia(currentTab.getWebContents())) {
-            BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.toggleFullscreen(currentTab.getWebContents(), true);
+            BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.setFullscreen(currentTab.getWebContents());
             try {
                 enterPictureInPictureMode(new PictureInPictureParams.Builder().build());
             } catch (IllegalStateException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
@@ -537,10 +537,10 @@ public void performOnConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
         if (currentTab != null
                 && currentTab.getUrl() != null
                 && isYTVideoUrl(currentTab.getUrl())
-                && !isInPictureInPictureMode()) {
-            BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.toggleFullscreen(
-                    currentTab.getWebContents(),
-                    newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
+                && !isInPictureInPictureMode()
+                && newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
+            BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper.setFullscreen(
+                    currentTab.getWebContents());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/browser/android/background_video/background_video_playback_tab_helper.cc b/browser/android/background_video/background_video_playback_tab_helper.cc
index 440fcaeb67ab..66db74116062 100644
--- a/browser/android/background_video/background_video_playback_tab_helper.cc
+++ b/browser/android/background_video/background_video_playback_tab_helper.cc
@@ -108,15 +108,12 @@ void BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper::MediaStoppedPlaying(
 namespace chrome {
 namespace android {
 
-void JNI_BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper_ToggleFullscreen(
+void JNI_BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper_SetFullscreen(
     JNIEnv* env,
-    const base::android::JavaParamRef<jobject>& jweb_contents,
-    jboolean is_full_screen) {
+    const base::android::JavaParamRef<jobject>& jweb_contents) {
   content::WebContents* web_contents =
       content::WebContents::FromJavaWebContents(jweb_contents);
-  // Injecting this script to make youtube video fullscreen on landscape mode
-  // and exit fullscreen on portrait mode.
-  if (is_full_screen) {
+  // Injecting this script to make youtube video fullscreen on landscape mode.
     constexpr const char16_t script[] =
         uR"js(if(!document.fullscreenElement) {
            var fullscreenBtn =
@@ -142,11 +139,6 @@ void JNI_BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper_ToggleFullscreen(
             ISOLATED_WORLD_ID_BRAVE_INTERNAL, script,
             blink::mojom::UserActivationOption::kActivate,
             blink::mojom::PromiseResultOption::kAwait, base::NullCallback());
-  } else {
-    if (web_contents->HasActiveEffectivelyFullscreenVideo()) {
-      web_contents->ExitFullscreen(true);
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 jboolean JNI_BackgroundVideoPlaybackTabHelper_IsPlayingMedia(