diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index ed221ed..3c04c1c 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -6295,13 +6295,11 @@
 
 void AudioFlinger::DirectAudioTrack::setVolume(float left, float right) {
     ALOGV("DirectAudioTrack::setVolume left: %f, right: %f", left, right);
-    if(mOutputDesc && mOutputDesc->mActive) {
-        mOutputDesc->mVolumeLeft = left;
-        mOutputDesc->mVolumeRight = right;
-        mOutputDesc->stream->set_volume(mOutputDesc->stream,
-                                    left * mOutputDesc->mVolumeScale,
-                                    right* mOutputDesc->mVolumeScale);
-    }
+    mOutputDesc->mVolumeLeft = left;
+    mOutputDesc->mVolumeRight = right;
+    mOutputDesc->stream->set_volume(mOutputDesc->stream,
+                                left * mOutputDesc->mVolumeScale,
+                                right* mOutputDesc->mVolumeScale);
 }
 
 int64_t AudioFlinger::DirectAudioTrack::getTimeStamp() {