diff --git a/media/codec2/hidl/client/client.cpp b/media/codec2/hidl/client/client.cpp
index 4650672..341a577 100644
--- a/media/codec2/hidl/client/client.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/hidl/client/client.cpp
@@ -1008,6 +1008,8 @@
                 std::scoped_lock lock{key2IndexMutex};
                 key2Index[key] = index; // update last known client index
                 return C2_OK;
+            } else if (status == C2_NO_MEMORY) {
+                return C2_NO_MEMORY;
             } else if (status == C2_TRANSACTION_FAILED) {
                 LOG(WARNING) << "\"" << key << "\" failed for service \""
                              << client->getName()
@@ -1028,24 +1030,23 @@
     return status; // return the last status from a valid client
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<Codec2Client::Component>
-        Codec2Client::CreateComponentByName(
+c2_status_t Codec2Client::CreateComponentByName(
         const char* componentName,
         const std::shared_ptr<Listener>& listener,
+        std::shared_ptr<Component>* component,
         std::shared_ptr<Codec2Client>* owner,
         size_t numberOfAttempts) {
     std::string key{"create:"};
     key.append(componentName);
-    std::shared_ptr<Component> component;
     c2_status_t status = ForAllServices(
             key,
             numberOfAttempts,
-            [owner, &component, componentName, &listener](
+            [owner, component, componentName, &listener](
                     const std::shared_ptr<Codec2Client> &client)
                         -> c2_status_t {
                 c2_status_t status = client->createComponent(componentName,
                                                              listener,
-                                                             &component);
+                                                             component);
                 if (status == C2_OK) {
                     if (owner) {
                         *owner = client;
@@ -1064,7 +1065,7 @@
                    << "\" from all known services. "
                       "Last returned status = " << status << ".";
     }
-    return component;
+    return status;
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<Codec2Client::Interface>
diff --git a/media/codec2/hidl/client/include/codec2/hidl/client.h b/media/codec2/hidl/client/include/codec2/hidl/client.h
index ffd194a..bbb2b96 100644
--- a/media/codec2/hidl/client/include/codec2/hidl/client.h
+++ b/media/codec2/hidl/client/include/codec2/hidl/client.h
@@ -200,9 +200,10 @@
     // Try to create a component with a given name from all known
     // IComponentStore services. numberOfAttempts determines the number of times
     // to retry the HIDL call if the transaction fails.
-    static std::shared_ptr<Component> CreateComponentByName(
+    static c2_status_t CreateComponentByName(
             char const* componentName,
             std::shared_ptr<Listener> const& listener,
+            std::shared_ptr<Component>* component,
             std::shared_ptr<Codec2Client>* owner = nullptr,
             size_t numberOfAttempts = 10);
 
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp
index 9c1df71..4c16796 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp
@@ -645,17 +645,18 @@
                 std::make_shared<Codec2ClientInterfaceWrapper>(client));
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<Codec2Client::Component> comp =
-            Codec2Client::CreateComponentByName(
+    std::shared_ptr<Codec2Client::Component> comp;
+    c2_status_t status = Codec2Client::CreateComponentByName(
             componentName.c_str(),
             mClientListener,
+            &comp,
             &client);
-    if (!comp) {
-        ALOGE("Failed Create component: %s", componentName.c_str());
+    if (status != C2_OK) {
+        ALOGE("Failed Create component: %s, error=%d", componentName.c_str(), status);
         Mutexed<State>::Locked state(mState);
         state->set(RELEASED);
         state.unlock();
-        mCallback->onError(UNKNOWN_ERROR, ACTION_CODE_FATAL);
+        mCallback->onError((status == C2_NO_MEMORY ? NO_MEMORY : UNKNOWN_ERROR), ACTION_CODE_FATAL);
         state.lock();
         return;
     }