diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index 9689654..1388671 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -1163,6 +1163,8 @@
 void AudioFlinger::ThreadBase::exit()
 {
     ALOGV("ThreadBase::exit");
+    // do any cleanup required for exit to succeed
+    preExit();
     {
         // This lock prevents the following race in thread (uniprocessor for illustration):
         //  if (!exitPending()) {
@@ -1694,6 +1696,15 @@
     run(mName, ANDROID_PRIORITY_URGENT_AUDIO);
 }
 
+// ThreadBase virtuals
+void AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::preExit()
+{
+    ALOGV("  preExit()");
+    // FIXME this is using hard-coded strings but in the future, this functionality will be
+    //       converted to use audio HAL extensions required to support tunneling
+    mOutput->stream->common.set_parameters(&mOutput->stream->common, "exiting=1");
+}
+
 // PlaybackThread::createTrack_l() must be called with AudioFlinger::mLock held
 sp<AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::Track> AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::createTrack_l(
         const sp<AudioFlinger::Client>& client,
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
index 45cee0b..49e2b2c 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
@@ -682,6 +682,8 @@
                     // check if some effects must be suspended when an effect chain is added
                     void checkSuspendOnAddEffectChain_l(const sp<EffectChain>& chain);
 
+        virtual     void        preExit() { }
+
         friend class AudioFlinger;      // for mEffectChains
 
                     const type_t            mType;
@@ -1050,6 +1052,9 @@
                     // is safe to do so. That will drop the final ref count and destroy the tracks.
         virtual     mixer_state prepareTracks_l(Vector< sp<Track> > *tracksToRemove) = 0;
 
+        // ThreadBase virtuals
+        virtual     void        preExit();
+
 public:
 
         virtual     status_t    initCheck() const { return (mOutput == NULL) ? NO_INIT : NO_ERROR; }