diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index a6f0953..b8257d3 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@
 // we define a minimum time during which a global effect is considered enabled.
 static const nsecs_t kMinGlobalEffectEnabletimeNs = seconds(7200);
 
-Mutex gLock;
-wp<AudioFlinger> gAudioFlinger;
-
 // Keep a strong reference to media.log service around forever.
 // The service is within our parent process so it can never die in a way that we could observe.
 // These two variables are const after initialization.
@@ -268,7 +265,7 @@
 
     mMode = AUDIO_MODE_NORMAL;
 
-    gAudioFlinger = this;
+    gAudioFlinger = this;  // we are already refcounted, store into atomic pointer.
 
     mDevicesFactoryHalCallback = new DevicesFactoryHalCallbackImpl;
     mDevicesFactoryHal->setCallbackOnce(mDevicesFactoryHalCallback);
@@ -325,11 +322,9 @@
                                              sp<MmapStreamInterface>& interface,
                                              audio_port_handle_t *handle)
 {
-    sp<AudioFlinger> af;
-    {
-        Mutex::Autolock _l(gLock);
-        af = gAudioFlinger.promote();
-    }
+    // TODO: Use ServiceManager to get IAudioFlinger instead of by atomic pointer.
+    // This allows moving oboeservice (AAudio) to a separate process in the future.
+    sp<AudioFlinger> af = AudioFlinger::gAudioFlinger.load();  // either nullptr or singleton AF.
     status_t ret = NO_INIT;
     if (af != 0) {
         ret = af->openMmapStream(