diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp
index a320bd5..6cb4a34 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
     mThumbnail = NULL;
     mAlbumArt = NULL;
 
+#ifndef NO_OPENCORE
     mRetriever = new PVMetadataRetriever();
+#else
+    mRetriever = NULL;
+#endif
     if (mRetriever == NULL) {
         LOGE("failed to initialize the retriever");
     }