diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.cpp
index dacb144..3e0fc0d 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     return OK;
 }
 
-player_type MediaPlayerFactory::getDefaultPlayerType() {
+static player_type getDefaultPlayerType() {
     char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     if (property_get("media.stagefright.use-awesome", value, NULL)
             && (!strcmp("1", value) || !strcasecmp("true", value))) {
@@ -181,16 +181,19 @@
                                int64_t offset,
                                int64_t /*length*/,
                                float /*curScore*/) {
-        char buf[20];
-        lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
-        read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
-        lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+        if (getDefaultPlayerType()
+                == STAGEFRIGHT_PLAYER) {
+            char buf[20];
+            lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+            read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+            lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
 
-        uint32_t ident = *((uint32_t*)buf);
+            uint32_t ident = *((uint32_t*)buf);
 
-        // Ogg vorbis?
-        if (ident == 0x5367674f) // 'OggS'
-            return 1.0;
+            // Ogg vorbis?
+            if (ident == 0x5367674f) // 'OggS'
+                return 1.0;
+        }
 
         return 0.0;
     }
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.h b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.h
index 5ddde19..55ff918 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.h
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerFactory.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 
     static status_t registerFactory_l(IFactory* factory,
                                       player_type type);
-    static player_type getDefaultPlayerType();
 
     static Mutex       sLock;
     static tFactoryMap sFactoryMap;