diff --git a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
index 36b1469..0d7d733 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 **
 ** Copyright 2007, The Android Open Source Project
 **
-** Copyright (c) 2012, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+** Copyright (c) 2012-2013, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
 ** Not a Contribution, Apache license notifications and license are retained
 ** for attribution purposes only.
 
@@ -1620,6 +1620,10 @@
         ALOGV("Posting event underrun to Audio Sink.");
         mCbf(EVENT_UNDERRUN, mUserData, 0);
     }
+    if (msg == EVENT_HW_FAIL) {
+        ALOGV("Posting event HW fail to Audio Sink.");
+        mCbf(EVENT_HW_FAIL, mUserData, 0);
+    }
 }
 
 status_t AudioTrack::getTimeStamp(uint64_t *tstamp) {