diff --git a/media/libaaudio/src/client/AudioStreamInternal.cpp b/media/libaaudio/src/client/AudioStreamInternal.cpp
index 52925d9..7648e25 100644
--- a/media/libaaudio/src/client/AudioStreamInternal.cpp
+++ b/media/libaaudio/src/client/AudioStreamInternal.cpp
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
         if (getSampleRate() != getDeviceSampleRate()) {
             ALOGD("%s - skipping sample rate converter. SR = %d, Device SR = %d", __func__,
                     getSampleRate(), getDeviceSampleRate());
+            result = AAUDIO_ERROR_INVALID_RATE;
             goto error;
         }
     }