diff --git a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
index fa56dc2..37ae70f 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
@@ -871,24 +871,20 @@
 
     // Client decides whether the track is TIMED (see below), but can only express a preference
     // for FAST.  Server will perform additional tests.
-    if ((mFlags & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_FAST) && !(
+    if ((mFlags & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_FAST) && !((
             // either of these use cases:
             // use case 1: shared buffer
             (mSharedBuffer != 0) ||
             // use case 2: callback handler
-            (mCbf != NULL))) {
+            (mCbf != NULL)) &&
+            // matching sample rate
+            (mSampleRate == afSampleRate))) {
         ALOGW("AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_FAST denied by client");
         // once denied, do not request again if IAudioTrack is re-created
         mFlags = (audio_output_flags_t) (mFlags & ~AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_FAST);
     }
     ALOGV("createTrack_l() output %d afLatency %d", output, afLatency);
 
-    if ((flags & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_FAST) && sampleRate != afSampleRate) {
-        ALOGW("AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_FAST denied by client due to mismatching sample rate (%d vs %d)",
-              sampleRate, afSampleRate);
-        flags = (audio_output_flags_t) (flags & ~AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_FAST);
-    }
-
     // The client's AudioTrack buffer is divided into n parts for purpose of wakeup by server, where
     //  n = 1   fast track with single buffering; nBuffering is ignored
     //  n = 2   fast track with double buffering