diff --git a/media/audioaidlconversion/include/media/AidlConversionUtil.h b/media/audioaidlconversion/include/media/AidlConversionUtil.h
index 28c7522..a7a96b8 100644
--- a/media/audioaidlconversion/include/media/AidlConversionUtil.h
+++ b/media/audioaidlconversion/include/media/AidlConversionUtil.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <error/Result.h>
 
 #if defined(BACKEND_NDK)
+#include <android/binder_auto_utils.h>
 #include <android/binder_enums.h>
 #include <android/binder_status.h>
 
@@ -362,6 +363,20 @@
                                                     // standard Java exception (fromExceptionCode)
 }
 
+#if defined(BACKEND_NDK)
+static inline ::android::status_t statusTFromBinderStatus(const ::ndk::ScopedAStatus &status) {
+    // What we want to do is to 'return statusTFromBinderStatus(status.get()->get())'
+    // However, since the definition of AStatus is not exposed, we have to do the same
+    // via methods of ScopedAStatus:
+    return status.isOk() ? ::android::OK // check ::android::OK,
+        : status.getServiceSpecificError() // service-side error, not standard Java exception
+                                           // (fromServiceSpecificError)
+        ?: status.getStatus() // a native binder transaction error (fromStatusT)
+        ?: statusTFromExceptionCode(status.getExceptionCode()); // a service-side error with a
+                                                     // standard Java exception (fromExceptionCode)
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Return a binder::Status from native service status.
  *
@@ -403,4 +418,4 @@
 
 #if defined(BACKEND_NDK)
 }  // namespace aidl
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalAidl.cpp b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalAidl.cpp
index 31c5ca5..daa68a1 100644
--- a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalAidl.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectHalAidl.cpp
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "EffectHalAidl"
 //#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
 
+#include <error/expected_utils.h>
 #include <media/AidlConversionCppNdk.h>
 #include <media/AidlConversionNdk.h>
-#include <media/audiohal/AudioHalUtils.h>
+#include <media/AidlConversionUtil.h>
 #include <media/EffectsFactoryApi.h>
 #include <mediautils/TimeCheck.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.h>
 
+using ::aidl::android::aidl_utils::statusTFromBinderStatus;
 using ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::CommandId;
 using ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::Descriptor;
 using ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::IEffect;
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@
     memcpy(&mConfig, pCmdData, cmdSize);
 
     State state;
-    RETURN_IF_BINDER_FAIL(mEffect->getState(&state));
+    RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(statusTFromBinderStatus(mEffect->getState(&state)));
     // effect not open yet, save settings locally
     if (state != State::INIT) {
         effect_config_t* legacyConfig = static_cast<effect_config_t*>(pCmdData);
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@
         Parameter::Id id;
         id.set<Parameter::Id::commonTag>(Parameter::common);
         aidlParam.set<Parameter::common>(aidlCommon);
-        RETURN_IF_BINDER_FAIL(mEffect->setParameter(aidlParam));
+        RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(statusTFromBinderStatus(mEffect->setParameter(aidlParam)));
     }
     *(int*)pReplyData = 0;
     *static_cast<int32_t*>(pReplyData) = OK;
@@ -153,7 +155,8 @@
             // open with default effect_config_t (convert to Parameter.Common)
             IEffect::OpenEffectReturn ret;
             Parameter::Common common;
-            RETURN_IF_BINDER_FAIL(mEffect->open(common, std::nullopt, &ret));
+            RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(
+                    statusTFromBinderStatus(mEffect->open(common, std::nullopt, &ret)));
             return OK;
         }
         case EFFECT_CMD_SET_CONFIG:
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     Descriptor aidlDesc;
-    RETURN_IF_BINDER_FAIL(mEffect->getDescriptor(&aidlDesc));
+    RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(statusTFromBinderStatus(mEffect->getDescriptor(&aidlDesc)));
 
     *pDescriptor = VALUE_OR_RETURN_STATUS(
             ::aidl::android::aidl2legacy_Descriptor_effect_descriptor(aidlDesc));
diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalAidl.cpp b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalAidl.cpp
index 0039c86..c6234e4 100644
--- a/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalAidl.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudiohal/impl/EffectsFactoryHalAidl.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <android/binder_manager.h>
 #include <media/AidlConversionCppNdk.h>
 #include <media/AidlConversionNdk.h>
-#include <media/audiohal/AudioHalUtils.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 
 #include "EffectBufferHalAidl.h"
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@
 
     {
         std::lock_guard lg(mLock);
-        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(queryEffectList_l());
+        RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(queryEffectList_l());
         *pNumEffects = mDescList->size();
     }
     ALOGI("%s %d", __func__, *pNumEffects);
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@
     }
 
     std::lock_guard lg(mLock);
-    RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(queryEffectList_l());
+    RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(queryEffectList_l());
 
     auto listSize = mDescList->size();
     if (index >= listSize) {
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     if (!mDescList) {
-        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(queryEffectList_l());
+        RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(queryEffectList_l());
     }
 
     auto matchIt = std::find_if(mDescList->begin(), mDescList->end(),
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     if (!mDescList) {
-        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(queryEffectList_l());
+        RETURN_STATUS_IF_ERROR(queryEffectList_l());
     }
     std::vector<Descriptor> result;
     std::copy_if(mDescList->begin(), mDescList->end(), std::back_inserter(result),
diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/include/media/audiohal/AudioHalUtils.h b/media/libaudiohal/include/media/audiohal/AudioHalUtils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4862cba..0000000
--- a/media/libaudiohal/include/media/audiohal/AudioHalUtils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#define RETURN_IF_BINDER_FAIL(expr)                                              \
-    do {                                                                         \
-        const ::ndk::ScopedAStatus _temp_status_ = (expr);                       \
-        if (!_temp_status_.isOk()) {                                             \
-            ALOGE("%s:%d return with expr %s msg %s", __func__, __LINE__, #expr, \
-                  _temp_status_.getMessage());                                   \
-            return _temp_status_.getStatus();                                    \
-        }                                                                        \
-    } while (false)
-
-#define RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(statement) \
-    do {                            \
-        auto tmp = (statement);     \
-        if (tmp != OK) {            \
-            return tmp;             \
-        }                           \
-    } while (false)