diff --git a/media/libaudioclient/IAudioFlinger.cpp b/media/libaudioclient/IAudioFlinger.cpp
index 48f8992..aa5c840 100644
--- a/media/libaudioclient/IAudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudioclient/IAudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@
 AudioFlingerServerAdapter::AudioFlingerServerAdapter(
         const sp<AudioFlingerServerAdapter::Delegate>& delegate) : mDelegate(delegate) {
     setMinSchedulerPolicy(SCHED_NORMAL, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
+    setInheritRt(true);
 }
 
 status_t AudioFlingerServerAdapter::onTransact(uint32_t code,