diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-player-view/web-player-recovery-policy.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-player-view/web-player-recovery-policy.ts
index 75e8d727b..b5aba38fa 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-player-view/web-player-recovery-policy.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/web-player-view/web-player-recovery-policy.ts
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ function revealCappedExternalSiblings(
             continue;
         }
         if (retained.length >= 3) {
-            const replaceIndex = retained.findLastIndex(
-                (recommendation, index) =>
-                    index > 0 && !isExternalRecommendation(recommendation)
-            );
+            const replaceIndex = findLastReplaceableRecommendation(retained);
             if (replaceIndex < 0) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -116,6 +113,17 @@ function revealCappedExternalSiblings(
     return retained;
 }
 
+function findLastReplaceableRecommendation(
+    recommendations: readonly PlaybackRecommendation[]
+): number {
+    for (let index = recommendations.length - 1; index > 0; index -= 1) {
+        if (!isExternalRecommendation(recommendations[index])) {
+            return index;
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
 function rerankExternalRecommendations(
     recommendations: readonly PlaybackRecommendation[],
     states: ExternalRecoveryStates