diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
index 7969a6f..73217b0 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,10 @@
         .limitTo(D::OUTPUT & D::READ));
 
     add(ConfigMapper(KEY_BIT_RATE, C2_PARAMKEY_BITRATE, "value")
-        .limitTo(D::ENCODER & D::OUTPUT));
+        .limitTo(D::ENCODER & D::CODED));
+    // Some audio decoders require bitrate information to be set
+    add(ConfigMapper(KEY_BIT_RATE, C2_PARAMKEY_BITRATE, "value")
+        .limitTo(D::AUDIO & D::DECODER & D::CODED));
     // we also need to put the bitrate in the max bitrate field
     add(ConfigMapper(KEY_MAX_BIT_RATE, C2_PARAMKEY_BITRATE, "value")
         .limitTo(D::ENCODER & D::READ & D::OUTPUT));