diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index 94efa74..a58f64c 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 // RecordThread loop sleep time upon application overrun or audio HAL read error
 static const int kRecordThreadSleepUs = 5000;
 
+static const nsecs_t kSetParametersTimeout = seconds(2);
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 static bool recordingAllowed() {
@@ -1032,7 +1034,7 @@
     mWaitWorkCV.signal();
     // wait condition with timeout in case the thread loop has exited
     // before the request could be processed
-    if (mParamCond.waitRelative(mLock, seconds(2)) == NO_ERROR) {
+    if (mParamCond.waitRelative(mLock, kSetParametersTimeout) == NO_ERROR) {
         status = mParamStatus;
         mWaitWorkCV.signal();
     } else {
@@ -2349,7 +2351,9 @@
 
         mParamStatus = status;
         mParamCond.signal();
-        mWaitWorkCV.wait(mLock);
+        // wait for condition with time out in case the thread calling ThreadBase::setParameters()
+        // already timed out waiting for the status and will never signal the condition.
+        mWaitWorkCV.waitRelative(mLock, kSetParametersTimeout);
     }
     return reconfig;
 }
@@ -2828,7 +2832,9 @@
 
         mParamStatus = status;
         mParamCond.signal();
-        mWaitWorkCV.wait(mLock);
+        // wait for condition with time out in case the thread calling ThreadBase::setParameters()
+        // already timed out waiting for the status and will never signal the condition.
+        mWaitWorkCV.waitRelative(mLock, kSetParametersTimeout);
     }
     return reconfig;
 }
@@ -4669,7 +4675,9 @@
 
         mParamStatus = status;
         mParamCond.signal();
-        mWaitWorkCV.wait(mLock);
+        // wait for condition with time out in case the thread calling ThreadBase::setParameters()
+        // already timed out waiting for the status and will never signal the condition.
+        mWaitWorkCV.waitRelative(mLock, kSetParametersTimeout);
     }
     return reconfig;
 }