diff --git a/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Writer.cpp b/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Writer.cpp
index a953487..5008b5f 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Writer.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Writer.cpp
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@
     } else {
         prctl(PR_SET_NAME, (unsigned long)"VideoTrackEncoding", 0, 0, 0);
     }
-    setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
+    androidSetThreadPriority(0, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
 
     sp<MetaData> meta_data;
 
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/TimedEventQueue.cpp b/media/libstagefright/TimedEventQueue.cpp
index 5a453e9..a08eb7b 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/TimedEventQueue.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/TimedEventQueue.cpp
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@
     vm->AttachCurrentThread(&env, NULL);
 #endif
 
-    setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, ANDROID_PRIORITY_FOREGROUND);
-    set_sched_policy(androidGetTid(), SP_FOREGROUND);
+    androidSetThreadPriority(0, ANDROID_PRIORITY_FOREGROUND);
 
     static_cast<TimedEventQueue *>(me)->threadEntry();
 
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/omx/OMX.cpp b/media/libstagefright/omx/OMX.cpp
index 4b1c3a7..14968e8 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/omx/OMX.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/omx/OMX.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 }
 
 void OMX::CallbackDispatcher::threadEntry() {
-    setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
+    androidSetThreadPriority(0, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
     prctl(PR_SET_NAME, (unsigned long)"OMXCallbackDisp", 0, 0, 0);
 
     for (;;) {