diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h
index b2f1b9b..aca4369 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
         virtual audio_session_t getSessionId() const;
         virtual uint32_t        getSampleRate() const;
         virtual int64_t         getBufferDurationInUs() const;
+        virtual audio_output_flags_t getFlags() const { return mFlags; }
 
         virtual status_t        open(
                 uint32_t sampleRate, int channelCount, audio_channel_mask_t channelMask,
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/include/MediaPlayerInterface.h b/media/libmediaplayerservice/include/MediaPlayerInterface.h
index 8d94698..1cbd8a0 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/include/MediaPlayerInterface.h
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/include/MediaPlayerInterface.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
         virtual audio_stream_type_t getAudioStreamType() const = 0;
         virtual uint32_t    getSampleRate() const = 0;
         virtual int64_t     getBufferDurationInUs() const = 0;
+        virtual audio_output_flags_t getFlags() const = 0;
 
         // If no callback is specified, use the "write" API below to submit
         // audio data.
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
index 47362ef..344ee0b 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
@@ -871,10 +871,12 @@
             readFromAMessage(msg, &rate);
             status_t err = OK;
             if (mRenderer != NULL) {
-                // AudioSink allows only 1.f and 0.f for offload mode.
-                // For other speed, switch to non-offload mode.
-                if (mOffloadAudio && ((rate.mSpeed != 0.f && rate.mSpeed != 1.f)
-                        || rate.mPitch != 1.f)) {
+                // AudioSink allows only 1.f and 0.f for offload and direct modes.
+                // For other speeds, restart audio to fallback to supported paths
+                bool audioDirectOutput = (mAudioSink->getFlags() & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_DIRECT) != 0;
+                if ((mOffloadAudio || audioDirectOutput) &&
+                        ((rate.mSpeed != 0.f && rate.mSpeed != 1.f) || rate.mPitch != 1.f)) {
+
                     int64_t currentPositionUs;
                     if (getCurrentPosition(&currentPositionUs) != OK) {
                         currentPositionUs = mPreviousSeekTimeUs;