diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp b/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
index d56ae45..d7934ac 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
@@ -1872,7 +1872,8 @@
     //    (see b/200293124, the incorrect selection of AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_VOIP_RX).
     // 3: the output supporting the exact channel mask
     // 4: the output with a higher channel count than requested
-    // 5: the output with a higher sampling rate than requested
+    // 5: the output with the highest sampling rate if the requested sample rate is
+    //    greater than default sampling rate
     // 6: the output with the highest number of requested performance flags
     // 7: the output with the bit depth the closest to the requested one
     // 8: the primary output
@@ -1932,8 +1933,7 @@
         }
 
         // sampling rate match
-        if (samplingRate > SAMPLE_RATE_HZ_DEFAULT &&
-                samplingRate <= outputDesc->getSamplingRate()) {
+        if (samplingRate > SAMPLE_RATE_HZ_DEFAULT) {
             currentMatchCriteria[4] = outputDesc->getSamplingRate();
         }