diff --git a/services/mediacodec/main_swcodecservice.cpp b/services/mediacodec/main_swcodecservice.cpp
index 386abb2..79fea25 100644
--- a/services/mediacodec/main_swcodecservice.cpp
+++ b/services/mediacodec/main_swcodecservice.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 static const char kVendorSeccompPolicyPath[] =
         "/vendor/etc/seccomp_policy/mediacodec.policy";
 
+// Disable Scudo's mismatch allocation check, as it is being triggered
+// by some third party code.
+extern "C" const char *__scudo_default_options() {
+  return "DeallocationTypeMismatch=false";
+}
+
 int main(int argc __unused, char** /*argv*/)
 {
     LOG(INFO) << "media swcodec service starting";