diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp
index ab098de..19f95e2 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp
@@ -1741,6 +1741,7 @@
 {
     ALOGV("constructor %p client %p", this, client.get());
     setMinSchedulerPolicy(SCHED_NORMAL, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
+    setInheritRt(true);
 
     if (client == 0) {
         return;
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
index 4d07821..8fa4b06 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@
       mTrack(track)
 {
     setMinSchedulerPolicy(SCHED_NORMAL, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
+    setInheritRt(true);
 }
 
 TrackHandle::~TrackHandle() {
@@ -2641,6 +2642,7 @@
     mRecordTrack(recordTrack)
 {
     setMinSchedulerPolicy(SCHED_NORMAL, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
+    setInheritRt(true);
 }
 
 RecordHandle::~RecordHandle() {