diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index c5424a2..97c80a8 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -2551,6 +2551,7 @@
         bool mm;
         if (OK == dev->getMasterMute(&mm)) {
             mMasterMute = mm;
+            ALOGI_IF(mMasterMute, "%s: applying mute from HAL %s", __func__, name);
         }
     }