diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
index 498ddb6..1da5147 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
@@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@
         }
         if (track == 0 || track->getCblk() == NULL || track->name() < 0) {
             lStatus = NO_MEMORY;
+            // track must be cleared from the caller as the caller has the AF lock
             goto Exit;
         }
 
@@ -4741,7 +4742,7 @@
         if (track->getCblk() == 0) {
             ALOGE("createRecordTrack_l() no control block");
             lStatus = NO_MEMORY;
-            track.clear();
+            // track must be cleared from the caller as the caller has the AF lock
             goto Exit;
         }
         mTracks.add(track);