diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioStreamOut.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioStreamOut.cpp
index d13cb8f..7e06096 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioStreamOut.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioStreamOut.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
         stream = outStream;
         mHalFormatHasProportionalFrames = audio_has_proportional_frames(config->format);
         status = stream->getFrameSize(&mHalFrameSize);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(status != OK, "Error retrieving frame size from HAL: %d", status);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(mHalFrameSize <= 0, "Error frame size was %zu but must be greater than"
+                " zero", mHalFrameSize);
+
     }
 
     return status;