diff --git a/media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.cpp b/media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.cpp
index 88e269f..8d53357 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 const sp<IMediaPlayerService>& MediaMetadataRetriever::getService()
 {
     Mutex::Autolock lock(sServiceLock);
-    if (sService.get() == 0) {
+    if (sService == 0) {
         sp<IServiceManager> sm = defaultServiceManager();
         sp<IBinder> binder;
         do {