QMediaPlayer does not release file handle

In the docs for QMediaPlayer::setMedia() it says:

Setting this property to a null QMediaContent will cause the player to discard all information relating to the current media source and to cease all I/O operations related to that media.

But doing so on Windows does not release the file handle on the last played audio file. On the contrary! I connected a slot to the mediaStatusChanged signal. I use this slot to start playback after status is QMediaPlayer::LoadedMedia.

void AudioPlayer::playerStatus(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus status)
{
    //Do not start playing before media is loaded.
    if (status == QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus::LoadedMedia)
    {
        this->mediaPlayer->play();
    }
    if (status == QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus::EndOfMedia)
    {
        this->mediaPlayer->setMedia(QMediaContent());
    }
}

Using it like this is resulting in an "infinite loop" as the last loaded media (which should no longer be available to QMediaPlayer Object as I passed a null QMediaContent()) is played back over and over again.