diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
index 7546c9d..c1fadb2 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@
 // Direct output thread minimum sleep time in idle or active(underrun) state
 static const nsecs_t kDirectMinSleepTimeUs = 10000;
 
+// Minimum amount of time between checking to see if the timestamp is advancing
+// for underrun detection. If we check too frequently, we may not detect a
+// timestamp update and will falsely detect underrun.
+static const nsecs_t kMinimumTimeBetweenTimestampChecksNs = 150 /* ms */ * 1000;
+
 // The universal constant for ubiquitous 20ms value. The value of 20ms seems to provide a good
 // balance between power consumption and latency, and allows threads to be scheduled reliably
 // by the CFS scheduler.
@@ -2040,7 +2045,8 @@
         mFastTrackAvailMask(((1 << FastMixerState::sMaxFastTracks) - 1) & ~1),
         mHwSupportsPause(false), mHwPaused(false), mFlushPending(false),
         mLeftVolFloat(-1.0), mRightVolFloat(-1.0),
-        mDownStreamPatch{}
+        mDownStreamPatch{},
+        mIsTimestampAdvancing(kMinimumTimeBetweenTimestampChecksNs)
 {
     snprintf(mThreadName, kThreadNameLength, "AudioOut_%X", id);
     mNBLogWriter = audioFlinger->newWriter_l(kLogSize, mThreadName);
@@ -5902,18 +5908,35 @@
     return trackCount;
 }
 
-bool AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::checkRunningTimestamp()
+bool AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::IsTimestampAdvancing::check(AudioStreamOut * output)
 {
+    // Check the timestamp to see if it's advancing once every 150ms. If we check too frequently, we
+    // could falsely detect that the frame position has stalled due to underrun because we haven't
+    // given the Audio HAL enough time to update.
+    const nsecs_t nowNs = systemTime();
+    if (nowNs - mPreviousNs < mMinimumTimeBetweenChecksNs) {
+        return mLatchedValue;
+    }
+    mPreviousNs = nowNs;
+    mLatchedValue = false;
+    // Determine if the presentation position is still advancing.
     uint64_t position = 0;
     struct timespec unused;
-    const status_t ret = mOutput->getPresentationPosition(&position, &unused);
+    const status_t ret = output->getPresentationPosition(&position, &unused);
     if (ret == NO_ERROR) {
-        if (position != mLastCheckedTimestampPosition) {
-            mLastCheckedTimestampPosition = position;
-            return true;
+        if (position != mPreviousPosition) {
+            mPreviousPosition = position;
+            mLatchedValue = true;
         }
     }
-    return false;
+    return mLatchedValue;
+}
+
+void AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::IsTimestampAdvancing::clear()
+{
+    mLatchedValue = true;
+    mPreviousPosition = 0;
+    mPreviousNs = 0;
 }
 
 // isTrackAllowed_l() must be called with ThreadBase::mLock held
@@ -6348,9 +6371,9 @@
                 // No buffers for this track. Give it a few chances to
                 // fill a buffer, then remove it from active list.
                 // Only consider last track started for mixer state control
+                bool isTimestampAdvancing = mIsTimestampAdvancing.check(mOutput);
                 if (--(track->mRetryCount) <= 0) {
-                    const bool running = checkRunningTimestamp();
-                    if (running) { // still running, give us more time.
+                    if (isTimestampAdvancing) { // HAL is still playing audio, give us more time.
                         track->mRetryCount = kMaxTrackRetriesOffload;
                     } else {
                         ALOGV("BUFFER TIMEOUT: remove track(%d) from active list", trackId);
@@ -6931,9 +6954,9 @@
             } else {
                 // No buffers for this track. Give it a few chances to
                 // fill a buffer, then remove it from active list.
+                bool isTimestampAdvancing = mIsTimestampAdvancing.check(mOutput);
                 if (--(track->mRetryCount) <= 0) {
-                    const bool running = checkRunningTimestamp();
-                    if (running) { // still running, give us more time.
+                    if (isTimestampAdvancing) { // HAL is still playing audio, give us more time.
                         track->mRetryCount = kMaxTrackRetriesOffload;
                     } else {
                         ALOGV("OffloadThread: BUFFER TIMEOUT: remove track(%d) from active list",