diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
index dd1eabf..d7c1824 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
@@ -5462,6 +5462,11 @@
                 mFlushPending = true;
             }
         }
+    } else if (previousTrack == 0) {
+        // there could be an old track added back during track transition for direct
+        // output, so always issues flush to flush data of the previous track if it
+        // was already destroyed with HAL paused, then flush can resume the playback
+        mFlushPending = true;
     }
     PlaybackThread::onAddNewTrack_l();
 }