diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioPolicyService.h b/services/audioflinger/AudioPolicyService.h
index fdaf576..679fd30 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioPolicyService.h
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioPolicyService.h
@@ -233,8 +233,33 @@
 
     class EffectDesc {
     public:
-        EffectDesc() {}
-        virtual ~EffectDesc() {}
+        EffectDesc(const char *name, const effect_uuid_t& uuid) :
+                        mName(strdup(name)),
+                        mUuid(uuid) { }
+        EffectDesc(const EffectDesc& orig) :
+                        mName(strdup(orig.mName)),
+                        mUuid(orig.mUuid) {
+                            // deep copy mParams
+                            for (size_t k = 0; k < orig.mParams.size(); k++) {
+                                effect_param_t *origParam = orig.mParams[k];
+                                // psize and vsize are rounded up to an int boundary for allocation
+                                size_t origSize = sizeof(effect_param_t) +
+                                                  ((origParam->psize + 3) & ~3) +
+                                                  ((origParam->vsize + 3) & ~3);
+                                effect_param_t *dupParam = (effect_param_t *) malloc(origSize);
+                                memcpy(dupParam, origParam, origSize);
+                                // This works because the param buffer allocation is also done by
+                                // multiples of 4 bytes originally. In theory we should memcpy only
+                                // the actual param size, that is without rounding vsize.
+                                mParams.add(dupParam);
+                            }
+                        }
+        /*virtual*/ ~EffectDesc() {
+            free(mName);
+            for (size_t k = 0; k < mParams.size(); k++) {
+                free(mParams[k]);
+            }
+        }
         char *mName;
         effect_uuid_t mUuid;
         Vector <effect_param_t *> mParams;
@@ -243,7 +268,11 @@
     class InputSourceDesc {
     public:
         InputSourceDesc() {}
-        virtual ~InputSourceDesc() {}
+        /*virtual*/ ~InputSourceDesc() {
+            for (size_t j = 0; j < mEffects.size(); j++) {
+                delete mEffects[j];
+            }
+        }
         Vector <EffectDesc *> mEffects;
     };