diff --git a/media/utils/SchedulingPolicyService.cpp b/media/utils/SchedulingPolicyService.cpp
index 6e515ff..62c3f81 100644
--- a/media/utils/SchedulingPolicyService.cpp
+++ b/media/utils/SchedulingPolicyService.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "SchedulingPolicyService"
 //#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
 
+#include <audio_utils/threads.h>
 #include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
+#include <cutils/android_filesystem_config.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <utils/Mutex.h>
 #include "ISchedulingPolicyService.h"
@@ -31,6 +33,15 @@
 
 int requestPriority(pid_t pid, pid_t tid, int32_t prio, bool isForApp, bool asynchronous)
 {
+    // audioserver thread priority boosted internally to reduce binder latency and boot time.
+    if (!isForApp && pid == getpid() && getuid() == AID_AUDIOSERVER && prio >= 1 && prio <= 3) {
+        const status_t status = audio_utils::set_thread_priority(
+                tid, audio_utils::rtprio_to_unified_priority(prio));
+        if (status == NO_ERROR) return NO_ERROR;
+        ALOGD("%s: set priority %d, status:%d needs to fallback to SchedulingPolicyService",
+                __func__, prio, status);
+    }
+
     // FIXME merge duplicated code related to service lookup, caching, and error recovery
     int ret;
     for (;;) {