diff --git a/services/oboeservice/AAudioServiceStreamBase.h b/services/oboeservice/AAudioServiceStreamBase.h
index d8102be..0ad015e 100644
--- a/services/oboeservice/AAudioServiceStreamBase.h
+++ b/services/oboeservice/AAudioServiceStreamBase.h
@@ -279,7 +279,12 @@
     SimpleDoubleBuffer<Timestamp>  mAtomicTimestamp;
 
     android::AAudioService &mAudioService;
+
+    // The mServiceEndpoint variable can be accessed by multiple threads.
+    // So we access it by locally promoting a weak pointer to a smart pointer,
+    // which is thread-safe.
     android::sp<AAudioServiceEndpoint> mServiceEndpoint;
+    android::wp<AAudioServiceEndpoint> mServiceEndpointWeak;
 
 private:
     aaudio_handle_t         mHandle = -1;