diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
index 20f9470..654f506 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
@@ -3833,7 +3833,7 @@
 bool AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::threadLoop()
 NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS  // manual locking of AudioFlinger
 {
-    tlNBLogWriter = mNBLogWriter.get();
+    aflog::setThreadWriter(mNBLogWriter.get());
 
     Vector< sp<Track> > tracksToRemove;