diff --git a/media/libmedia/IAudioFlingerClient.cpp b/media/libmedia/IAudioFlingerClient.cpp
index 3c0d4cf..5e4da5d 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/IAudioFlingerClient.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/IAudioFlingerClient.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Not a Contribution.
+ *
  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -49,9 +52,9 @@
             uint32_t stream = *(const uint32_t *)param2;
             ALOGV("ioConfigChanged stream %d", stream);
             data.writeInt32(stream);
-        } else if (event != AudioSystem::OUTPUT_CLOSED && event != AudioSystem::INPUT_CLOSED) {
-            const AudioSystem::OutputDescriptor *desc =
-                    (const AudioSystem::OutputDescriptor *)param2;
+        } else if (event != AudioSystem::OUTPUT_CLOSED && event != AudioSystem::INPUT_CLOSED &&
+                   event != AudioSystem::EFFECT_CONFIG_CHANGED) {
+            const AudioSystem::OutputDescriptor *desc = (const AudioSystem::OutputDescriptor *)param2;
             data.writeInt32(desc->samplingRate);
             data.writeInt32(desc->format);
             data.writeInt32(desc->channelMask);