diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
index 84be874..ab759df 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
@@ -274,8 +274,14 @@
     return c;
 }
 
-sp<IOMX> MediaPlayerService::createOMX() {
-    return new OMX;
+sp<IOMX> MediaPlayerService::getOMX() {
+    Mutex::Autolock autoLock(mLock);
+
+    if (mOMX.get() == NULL) {
+        mOMX = new OMX;
+    }
+
+    return mOMX;
 }
 
 status_t MediaPlayerService::AudioCache::dump(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) const