diff --git a/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py b/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py
index 2dafda14..2cf15629 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py
@@ -370,12 +370,13 @@ class BasePlaybackController(object):
             self.next()
             return
 
+        self._play_time_started = self._current_wall_time
+        self._play_time_accumulated = time_position
+
         self._seek(time_position)
 
     def _seek(self, time_position):
-        time_position_ms = int(time_position) * 1000
-        self._play_time_started = (self._current_wall_time - time_position_ms)
-        self._play_time_accumulated = time_position_ms
+        raise NotImplementedError
 
     def stop(self):
         """Stop playing."""
diff --git a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py
index 2092b25b..04b5af66 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py
@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@ class LibspotifyPlaybackController(BasePlaybackController):
 
     def _seek(self, time_position):
         self._set_output_state('READY')
-        seek_to_ms = int(time_position) * 1000
-        result = self.backend.spotify.session.seek(seek_to_ms)
+        result = self.backend.spotify.session.seek(time_position)
         self._set_output_state('PLAYING')
-        super(LibspotifyPlaybackController, self)._seek(time_position)
 
     def _stop(self):
         result = self._set_output_state('READY')
diff --git a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py
index 7fe42ec8..58cd02fd 100644
--- a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def seek(frontend, songpos, seconds):
         Seeks to the position ``TIME`` (in seconds) of entry ``SONGPOS`` in
         the playlist.
     """
-    return frontend.backend.playback._seek(seconds)
+    return frontend.backend.playback.seek(int(seconds) * 1000)
 
 @handle_pattern(r'^seekid "(?P<cpid>\d+)" "(?P<seconds>\d+)"$')
 def seekid(frontend, cpid, seconds):