diff --git a/media/libeffects/EffectVisualizer.cpp b/media/libeffects/EffectVisualizer.cpp
index f27e296..bcda06e 100644
--- a/media/libeffects/EffectVisualizer.cpp
+++ b/media/libeffects/EffectVisualizer.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
         return -EINVAL;
     }
     if (pContext->mState != VISUALIZER_STATE_ACTIVE) {
-        return -ENOSYS;
+        return -ENODATA;
     }
 
     if (inBuffer == NULL || inBuffer->raw == NULL ||