diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index ceaf27d..59c7f84 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -4462,8 +4462,6 @@
         }
 
         buffer->raw = getBuffer(s, framesReq);
-        if (buffer->raw == NULL) goto getNextBuffer_exit;
-
         buffer->frameCount = framesReq;
         return NO_ERROR;
     }
@@ -5355,8 +5353,6 @@
         }
 
         buffer->raw = getBuffer(s, framesReq);
-        if (buffer->raw == NULL) goto getNextBuffer_exit;
-
         buffer->frameCount = framesReq;
         return NO_ERROR;
     }
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
index b8bb69e..56d5a15 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
@@ -417,6 +417,13 @@
 
             int sampleRate() const; // FIXME inline after cblk sr moved
 
+            // Return a pointer to the start of a contiguous slice of the track buffer.
+            // Parameter 'offset' is the requested start position, expressed in
+            // monotonically increasing frame units relative to the track epoch.
+            // Parameter 'frames' is the requested length, also in frame units.
+            // Always returns non-NULL.  It is the caller's responsibility to
+            // verify that this will be successful; the result of calling this
+            // function with invalid 'offset' or 'frames' is undefined.
             void* getBuffer(uint32_t offset, uint32_t frames) const;
 
             bool isStopped() const {