diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index 744fa50..2260091 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -1362,6 +1362,7 @@
     for (int stream = 0; stream < AUDIO_STREAM_CNT; stream++) {
         mStreamTypes[stream].volume = mAudioFlinger->streamVolumeInternal(stream);
         mStreamTypes[stream].mute = mAudioFlinger->streamMute(stream);
+        mStreamTypes[stream].valid = true;
     }
 }
 
@@ -1530,6 +1531,14 @@
             chain->setStrategy(AudioSystem::getStrategyForStream((audio_stream_type_t)track->type()));
             chain->incTrackCnt();
         }
+
+        // invalidate track immediately if the stream type was moved to another thread since
+        // createTrack() was called by the client process.
+        if (!mStreamTypes[streamType].valid) {
+            LOGW("createTrack_l() on thread %p: invalidating track on stream %d",
+                 this, streamType);
+            android_atomic_or(CBLK_INVALID_ON, &track->mCblk->flags);
+        }
     }
     lStatus = NO_ERROR;
 
@@ -2219,6 +2228,14 @@
     }
 }
 
+void AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::setStreamValid(int streamType, bool valid)
+{
+    LOGV ("PlaybackThread::setStreamValid() thread %p, streamType %d, valid %d",
+            this,  streamType, valid);
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+
+    mStreamTypes[streamType].valid = valid;
+}
 
 // getTrackName_l() must be called with ThreadBase::mLock held
 int AudioFlinger::MixerThread::getTrackName_l()
@@ -5074,11 +5091,14 @@
     LOGV("setStreamOutput() stream %d to output %d", stream, output);
     audioConfigChanged_l(AudioSystem::STREAM_CONFIG_CHANGED, output, &stream);
 
+    dstThread->setStreamValid(stream, true);
+
     for (size_t i = 0; i < mPlaybackThreads.size(); i++) {
         PlaybackThread *thread = mPlaybackThreads.valueAt(i).get();
         if (thread != dstThread &&
             thread->type() != ThreadBase::DIRECT) {
             MixerThread *srcThread = (MixerThread *)thread;
+            srcThread->setStreamValid(stream, false);
             srcThread->invalidateTracks(stream);
         }
     }