diff --git a/custom_components/remote_media_player/media_player.py b/custom_components/remote_media_player/media_player.py
index fed627a..f8722f2 100644
--- a/custom_components/remote_media_player/media_player.py
+++ b/custom_components/remote_media_player/media_player.py
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ class MediaPlayerCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[dict[str, Any]]):
         # Re-enable polling as fallback
         self.update_interval = timedelta(seconds=self._poll_interval)
         _LOGGER.warning("WebSocket disconnected, falling back to polling")
+        # Trigger an immediate refresh to restart the polling loop.
+        # Without this, the polling loop stays stopped (it was disabled when
+        # WebSocket was active) and the entity never becomes unavailable.
+        self.hass.async_create_task(self.async_request_refresh())
         # Schedule reconnect attempt
         self._schedule_reconnect()