diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp
index d66294c..942ea35 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Effects.cpp
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
         return mStatus;
     }
     status_t status = NO_ERROR;
-    if (device && (mDescriptor.flags & EFFECT_FLAG_DEVICE_MASK) == EFFECT_FLAG_DEVICE_IND) {
+    if ((mDescriptor.flags & EFFECT_FLAG_DEVICE_MASK) == EFFECT_FLAG_DEVICE_IND) {
         status_t cmdStatus;
         uint32_t size = sizeof(status_t);
         uint32_t cmd = audio_is_output_devices(device) ? EFFECT_CMD_SET_DEVICE :