diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 6c8a19c281..e57913f338 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
     *   Fix issue where the current position jumps back when the controller
         replaces the current item
         ([#951](https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/951)).
+    *   Fix issue where `MediaMetadata` with just non-null `extras` is not
+        transmitted between media controllers and sessions
+        ([#1176](https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/1176)).
 * UI:
     *   Fallback to include audio track language name if `Locale` cannot
         identify a display name
diff --git a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaItem.java b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaItem.java
index d6368c0104..3d7ae4cc98 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaItem.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaItem.java
@@ -2267,8 +2267,9 @@ public RequestMetadata build() {
     /**
      * Optional extras {@link Bundle}.
      *
-     * <p>Given the complexities of checking the equality of two {@link Bundle}s, the contents of
-     * these extras are not considered in the {@link #equals(Object)} or {@link #hashCode()}.
+     * <p>Given the complexities of checking the equality of two {@link Bundle} instances, the
+     * contents of these extras are not considered in the {@link #equals(Object)} or {@link
+     * #hashCode()} implementation.
      */
     @Nullable public final Bundle extras;
 
diff --git a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadata.java b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadata.java
index 0078334d63..ede0858e8b 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadata.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadata.java
@@ -1085,8 +1085,9 @@ public MediaMetadata build() {
   /**
    * Optional extras {@link Bundle}.
    *
-   * <p>Given the complexities of checking the equality of two {@link Bundle}s, this is not
-   * considered in the {@link #equals(Object)} or {@link #hashCode()}.
+   * <p>Given the complexities of checking the equality of two {@link Bundle} instances, the
+   * contents of these extras are not considered in the {@link #equals(Object)} and {@link
+   * #hashCode()} implementation.
    */
   @Nullable public final Bundle extras;
 
@@ -1191,7 +1192,8 @@ public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
         && Util.areEqual(genre, that.genre)
         && Util.areEqual(compilation, that.compilation)
         && Util.areEqual(station, that.station)
-        && Util.areEqual(mediaType, that.mediaType);
+        && Util.areEqual(mediaType, that.mediaType)
+        && ((extras == null) == (that.extras == null));
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // Hashing deprecated fields.
@@ -1229,7 +1231,8 @@ public int hashCode() {
         genre,
         compilation,
         station,
-        mediaType);
+        mediaType,
+        extras == null);
   }
 
   // Bundleable implementation.
diff --git a/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadataTest.java b/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadataTest.java
index 5a247d5d8a..416773f800 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadataTest.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/MediaMetadataTest.java
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ public void createFullyPopulatedMediaMetadata_roundTripViaBundle_yieldsEqualInst
     assertThat(mediaMetadataFromBundle.extras.getString(EXTRAS_KEY)).isEqualTo(EXTRAS_VALUE);
   }
 
+  /** Regression test for https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/1176. */
+  @Test
+  public void roundTripViaBundle_withJustNonNullExtras_restoresAllData() {
+    Bundle extras = new Bundle();
+    extras.putString("key", "value");
+    MediaMetadata mediaMetadata = new MediaMetadata.Builder().setExtras(extras).build();
+
+    MediaMetadata restoredMetadata = MediaMetadata.fromBundle(mediaMetadata.toBundle());
+
+    assertThat(restoredMetadata).isEqualTo(mediaMetadata);
+    assertThat(restoredMetadata.extras).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(restoredMetadata.extras.get("key")).isEqualTo("value");
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // Testing deprecated setter.
   @Test
   public void builderSetFolderType_toNone_setsIsBrowsableToFalse() {