diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
index c6e9745..1b03060 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@
     mIsInvalid(false),
     mAudioTrackServerProxy(NULL),
     mResumeToStopping(false),
-    mFlushHwPending(false),
-    mPreviousTimestampValid(false)
+    mFlushHwPending(false)
 {
     // client == 0 implies sharedBuffer == 0
     ALOG_ASSERT(!(client == 0 && sharedBuffer != 0));
@@ -863,7 +862,6 @@
         if (mState == FLUSHED) {
             mState = IDLE;
         }
-        mPreviousTimestampValid = false;
     }
 }
 
@@ -885,12 +883,10 @@
 {
     // Client should implement this using SSQ; the unpresented frame count in latch is irrelevant
     if (isFastTrack()) {
-        // FIXME no lock held to set mPreviousTimestampValid = false
         return INVALID_OPERATION;
     }
     sp<ThreadBase> thread = mThread.promote();
     if (thread == 0) {
-        // FIXME no lock held to set mPreviousTimestampValid = false
         return INVALID_OPERATION;
     }
 
@@ -900,7 +896,6 @@
     status_t result = INVALID_OPERATION;
     if (!isOffloaded() && !isDirect()) {
         if (!playbackThread->mLatchQValid) {
-            mPreviousTimestampValid = false;
             return INVALID_OPERATION;
         }
         // FIXME Not accurate under dynamic changes of sample rate and speed.
@@ -919,10 +914,7 @@
         uint32_t framesWritten = i >= 0 ?
                 playbackThread->mLatchQ.mFramesReleased[i] :
                 mAudioTrackServerProxy->framesReleased();
-        if (framesWritten < unpresentedFrames) {
-            mPreviousTimestampValid = false;
-            // return invalid result
-        } else {
+        if (framesWritten >= unpresentedFrames) {
             timestamp.mPosition = framesWritten - unpresentedFrames;
             timestamp.mTime = playbackThread->mLatchQ.mTimestamp.mTime;
             result = NO_ERROR;
@@ -931,41 +923,6 @@
         result = playbackThread->getTimestamp_l(timestamp);
     }
 
-    // Prevent retrograde motion in timestamp.
-    if (result == NO_ERROR) {
-        if (mPreviousTimestampValid) {
-            if (timestamp.mTime.tv_sec < mPreviousTimestamp.mTime.tv_sec ||
-                    (timestamp.mTime.tv_sec == mPreviousTimestamp.mTime.tv_sec &&
-                    timestamp.mTime.tv_nsec < mPreviousTimestamp.mTime.tv_nsec)) {
-                ALOGW("WARNING - retrograde timestamp time");
-                // FIXME Consider blocking this from propagating upwards.
-            }
-
-            // Looking at signed delta will work even when the timestamps
-            // are wrapping around.
-            int32_t deltaPosition = static_cast<int32_t>(timestamp.mPosition
-                    - mPreviousTimestamp.mPosition);
-            // position can bobble slightly as an artifact; this hides the bobble
-            static const int32_t MINIMUM_POSITION_DELTA = 8;
-            if (deltaPosition < 0) {
-#define TIME_TO_NANOS(time) ((uint64_t)time.tv_sec * 1000000000 + time.tv_nsec)
-                ALOGW("WARNING - retrograde timestamp position corrected,"
-                        " %d = %u - %u, (at %llu, %llu nanos)",
-                        deltaPosition,
-                        timestamp.mPosition,
-                        mPreviousTimestamp.mPosition,
-                        TIME_TO_NANOS(timestamp.mTime),
-                        TIME_TO_NANOS(mPreviousTimestamp.mTime));
-#undef TIME_TO_NANOS
-            }
-            if (deltaPosition < MINIMUM_POSITION_DELTA) {
-                // Current timestamp is bad. Use last valid timestamp.
-                timestamp = mPreviousTimestamp;
-            }
-        }
-        mPreviousTimestamp = timestamp;
-        mPreviousTimestampValid = true;
-    }
     return result;
 }