diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index 29c6845..f55b1c9 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -2262,8 +2262,8 @@
     }
     adjAttributionSource = afutils::checkAttributionSourcePackage(
             adjAttributionSource);
-    // we don't yet support anything other than linear PCM
-    if (!audio_is_valid_format(input.config.format) || !audio_is_linear_pcm(input.config.format)) {
+    // further format checks are performed by createRecordTrack_l()
+    if (!audio_is_valid_format(input.config.format)) {
         ALOGE("createRecord() invalid format %#x", input.config.format);
         lStatus = BAD_VALUE;
         goto Exit;