diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
index e046e03..69f3b6a 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
@@ -1711,24 +1711,24 @@
 
 void AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::readOutputParameters_l()
 {
-    // unfortunately we have no way of recovering from errors here, hence the LOG_FATAL
+    // unfortunately we have no way of recovering from errors here, hence the LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL
     mSampleRate = mOutput->stream->common.get_sample_rate(&mOutput->stream->common);
     mChannelMask = mOutput->stream->common.get_channels(&mOutput->stream->common);
     if (!audio_is_output_channel(mChannelMask)) {
-        LOG_FATAL("HAL channel mask %#x not valid for output", mChannelMask);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("HAL channel mask %#x not valid for output", mChannelMask);
     }
     if ((mType == MIXER || mType == DUPLICATING) && mChannelMask != AUDIO_CHANNEL_OUT_STEREO) {
-        LOG_FATAL("HAL channel mask %#x not supported for mixed output; "
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("HAL channel mask %#x not supported for mixed output; "
                 "must be AUDIO_CHANNEL_OUT_STEREO", mChannelMask);
     }
     mChannelCount = popcount(mChannelMask);
     mFormat = mOutput->stream->common.get_format(&mOutput->stream->common);
     if (!audio_is_valid_format(mFormat)) {
-        LOG_FATAL("HAL format %#x not valid for output", mFormat);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("HAL format %#x not valid for output", mFormat);
     }
     if ((mType == MIXER || mType == DUPLICATING) && mFormat != AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT) {
-        LOG_FATAL("HAL format %#x not supported for mixed output; must be AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT",
-                mFormat);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("HAL format %#x not supported for mixed output; "
+                "must be AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT", mFormat);
     }
     mFrameSize = audio_stream_frame_size(&mOutput->stream->common);
     mBufferSize = mOutput->stream->common.get_buffer_size(&mOutput->stream->common);
@@ -3118,7 +3118,7 @@
                 break;
             case TrackBase::IDLE:
             default:
-                LOG_FATAL("unexpected track state %d", track->mState);
+                LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("unexpected track state %d", track->mState);
             }
 
             if (isActive) {
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@
                     // because we're about to decrement the last sp<> on those tracks.
                     block = FastMixerStateQueue::BLOCK_UNTIL_ACKED;
                 } else {
-                    LOG_FATAL("fast track %d should have been active", j);
+                    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("fast track %d should have been active", j);
                 }
                 tracksToRemove->add(track);
                 // Avoids a misleading display in dumpsys
@@ -4765,7 +4765,7 @@
                     continue;
 
                 default:
-                    LOG_FATAL("Unexpected activeTrackState %d", activeTrackState);
+                    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("Unexpected activeTrackState %d", activeTrackState);
                 }
 
                 activeTracks.add(activeTrack);