diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/impl/DeviceHalHidl.cpp b/media/libaudiohal/impl/DeviceHalHidl.cpp
index ca4f663..02d66ae 100644
--- a/media/libaudiohal/impl/DeviceHalHidl.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudiohal/impl/DeviceHalHidl.cpp
@@ -463,6 +463,18 @@
     hidlHandle->data[0] = fd;
     Return<void> ret = mDevice->debug(hidlHandle, {} /* options */);
     native_handle_delete(hidlHandle);
+
+    // TODO(b/111997867, b/177271958)  Workaround - remove when fixed.
+    // A Binder transmitted fd may not close immediately due to a race condition b/111997867
+    // when the remote binder thread removes the last refcount to the fd blocks in the
+    // kernel for binder activity. We send a Binder ping() command to unblock the thread
+    // and complete the fd close / release.
+    //
+    // See DeviceHalHidl::dump(), EffectHalHidl::dump(), StreamHalHidl::dump(),
+    //     EffectsFactoryHalHidl::dumpEffects().
+
+    (void)mDevice->ping(); // synchronous Binder call
+
     return processReturn("dump", ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalHidl.cpp b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalHidl.cpp
index c589a48..51ad146 100644
--- a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalHidl.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalHidl.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,18 @@
     hidlHandle->data[0] = fd;
     Return<void> ret = mEffect->debug(hidlHandle, {} /* options */);
     native_handle_delete(hidlHandle);
+
+    // TODO(b/111997867, b/177271958)  Workaround - remove when fixed.
+    // A Binder transmitted fd may not close immediately due to a race condition b/111997867
+    // when the remote binder thread removes the last refcount to the fd blocks in the
+    // kernel for binder activity. We send a Binder ping() command to unblock the thread
+    // and complete the fd close / release.
+    //
+    // See DeviceHalHidl::dump(), EffectHalHidl::dump(), StreamHalHidl::dump(),
+    //     EffectsFactoryHalHidl::dumpEffects().
+
+    (void)mEffect->ping(); // synchronous Binder call
+
     return ret.isOk() ? OK : FAILED_TRANSACTION;
 }
 
diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalHidl.cpp b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalHidl.cpp
index 9c4363c..f042b92 100644
--- a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalHidl.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalHidl.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@
     hidlHandle->data[0] = fd;
     Return<void> ret = mEffectsFactory->debug(hidlHandle, {} /* options */);
     native_handle_delete(hidlHandle);
+
+    // TODO(b/111997867, b/177271958)  Workaround - remove when fixed.
+    // A Binder transmitted fd may not close immediately due to a race condition b/111997867
+    // when the remote binder thread removes the last refcount to the fd blocks in the
+    // kernel for binder activity. We send a Binder ping() command to unblock the thread
+    // and complete the fd close / release.
+    //
+    // See DeviceHalHidl::dump(), EffectHalHidl::dump(), StreamHalHidl::dump(),
+    //     EffectsFactoryHalHidl::dumpEffects().
+
+    (void)mEffectsFactory->ping(); // synchronous Binder call
+
     return processReturn(__FUNCTION__, ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/impl/StreamHalHidl.cpp b/media/libaudiohal/impl/StreamHalHidl.cpp
index 539a149..129b1c1 100644
--- a/media/libaudiohal/impl/StreamHalHidl.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudiohal/impl/StreamHalHidl.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,18 @@
     hidlHandle->data[0] = fd;
     Return<void> ret = mStream->debug(hidlHandle, {} /* options */);
     native_handle_delete(hidlHandle);
+
+    // TODO(b/111997867, b/177271958)  Workaround - remove when fixed.
+    // A Binder transmitted fd may not close immediately due to a race condition b/111997867
+    // when the remote binder thread removes the last refcount to the fd blocks in the
+    // kernel for binder activity. We send a Binder ping() command to unblock the thread
+    // and complete the fd close / release.
+    //
+    // See DeviceHalHidl::dump(), EffectHalHidl::dump(), StreamHalHidl::dump(),
+    //     EffectsFactoryHalHidl::dumpEffects().
+
+    (void)mStream->ping(); // synchronous Binder call
+
     mStreamPowerLog.dump(fd);
     return processReturn("dump", ret);
 }