diff --git a/services/audioflinger/DeviceEffectManager.cpp b/services/audioflinger/DeviceEffectManager.cpp
index 6636717..5dfe8ce 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/DeviceEffectManager.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/DeviceEffectManager.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     ALOGV("%s handle %d mHalHandle %d device sink %08x",
             __func__, handle, patch.mHalHandle,
             patch.mAudioPatch.num_sinks > 0 ? patch.mAudioPatch.sinks[0].ext.device.type : 0);
-    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    audio_utils::lock_guard _l(mutex());
     for (auto& effect : mDeviceEffects) {
         status_t status = effect.second->onCreatePatch(handle, patch);
         ALOGV("%s Effect onCreatePatch status %d", __func__, status);
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@
 
 void DeviceEffectManager::onReleaseAudioPatch(audio_patch_handle_t handle) {
     ALOGV("%s", __func__);
-    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    audio_utils::lock_guard _l(mutex());
     for (auto& effect : mDeviceEffects) {
         effect.second->onReleasePatch(handle);
     }
 }
 
-// DeviceEffectManager::createEffect_l() must be called with AudioFlinger::mLock held
+// DeviceEffectManager::createEffect_l() must be called with AudioFlinger::mutex() held
 sp<IAfEffectHandle> DeviceEffectManager::createEffect_l(
         effect_descriptor_t *descriptor,
         const AudioDeviceTypeAddr& device,
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     }
 
     {
-        Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+        audio_utils::lock_guard _l(mutex());
         auto iter = mDeviceEffects.find(device);
         if (iter != mDeviceEffects.end()) {
             effect = iter->second;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 void DeviceEffectManager::dump(int fd)
 NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS  // conditional try lock
 {
-    const bool locked = afutils::dumpTryLock(mLock);
+    const bool locked = afutils::dumpTryLock(mutex());
     if (!locked) {
         String8 result("DeviceEffectManager may be deadlocked\n");
         write(fd, result.c_str(), result.size());
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@
     }
 
     if (locked) {
-        mLock.unlock();
+        mutex().unlock();
     }
 }
 
 size_t DeviceEffectManager::removeEffect(const sp<IAfDeviceEffectProxy>& effect)
 {
-    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    audio_utils::lock_guard _l(mutex());
     mDeviceEffects.erase(effect->device());
     return mDeviceEffects.size();
 }