diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
index a9720da..30301a8 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Tracks.cpp
@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@
                     .mPosition[ExtendedTimestamp::LOCATION_KERNEL];
             mLogLatencyMs = 0.;
         }
+        mLogForceVolumeUpdate = true;  // at least one volume logged for metrics when starting.
 
         if (status == NO_ERROR || status == ALREADY_EXISTS) {
             // for streaming tracks, remove the buffer read stop limit.
@@ -1394,7 +1395,11 @@
     if (mFinalVolume != volume) { // Compare to an epsilon if too many meaningless updates
         mFinalVolume = volume;
         setMetadataHasChanged();
-        mTrackMetrics.logVolume(volume);
+        mLogForceVolumeUpdate = true;
+    }
+    if (mLogForceVolumeUpdate) {
+        mLogForceVolumeUpdate = false;
+        mTrackMetrics.logVolume(mFinalVolume);
     }
 }