diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
index 7218467..735344c 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include <utils/misc.h>
 
+#include <binder/IBatteryStats.h>
 #include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
 #include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
 #include <binder/MemoryHeapBase.h>
@@ -275,6 +276,20 @@
     // speaker is on by default
     mBatteryAudio.deviceOn[SPEAKER] = 1;
 
+    // reset battery stats
+    // if the mediaserver has crashed, battery stats could be left
+    // in bad state, reset the state upon service start.
+    const sp<IServiceManager> sm(defaultServiceManager());
+    if (sm != NULL) {
+        const String16 name("batterystats");
+        sp<IBatteryStats> batteryStats =
+                interface_cast<IBatteryStats>(sm->getService(name));
+        if (batteryStats != NULL) {
+            batteryStats->noteResetVideo();
+            batteryStats->noteResetAudio();
+        }
+    }
+
     MediaPlayerFactory::registerBuiltinFactories();
 }