diff --git a/include/media/AudioRecord.h b/include/media/AudioRecord.h
index 7be2c3e..dbe2788 100644
--- a/include/media/AudioRecord.h
+++ b/include/media/AudioRecord.h
@@ -335,6 +335,13 @@
      * After draining these frames of data, the caller should release them with releaseBuffer().
      * If the track buffer is not empty, obtainBuffer() returns as many contiguous
      * full frames as are available immediately.
+     *
+     * If nonContig is non-NULL, it is an output parameter that will be set to the number of
+     * additional non-contiguous frames that are predicted to be available immediately,
+     * if the client were to release the first frames and then call obtainBuffer() again.
+     * This value is only a prediction, and needs to be confirmed.
+     * It will be set to zero for an error return.
+     *
      * If the track buffer is empty and track is stopped, obtainBuffer() returns WOULD_BLOCK
      * regardless of the value of waitCount.
      * If the track buffer is empty and track is not stopped, obtainBuffer() blocks with a
@@ -364,11 +371,15 @@
      *  raw         pointer to the buffer
      */
 
-            status_t    obtainBuffer(Buffer* audioBuffer, int32_t waitCount);
+            status_t    obtainBuffer(Buffer* audioBuffer, int32_t waitCount,
+                                size_t *nonContig = NULL);
 
 private:
     /* If nonContig is non-NULL, it is an output parameter that will be set to the number of
-     * additional non-contiguous frames that are available immediately.
+     * additional non-contiguous frames that are predicted to be available immediately,
+     * if the client were to release the first frames and then call obtainBuffer() again.
+     * This value is only a prediction, and needs to be confirmed.
+     * It will be set to zero for an error return.
      * FIXME We could pass an array of Buffers instead of only one Buffer to obtainBuffer(),
      * in case the requested amount of frames is in two or more non-contiguous regions.
      * FIXME requested and elapsed are both relative times.  Consider changing to absolute time.
diff --git a/media/libmedia/AudioRecord.cpp b/media/libmedia/AudioRecord.cpp
index f4cdde2..5bbe786 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/AudioRecord.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/AudioRecord.cpp
@@ -596,15 +596,21 @@
     return status;
 }
 
-status_t AudioRecord::obtainBuffer(Buffer* audioBuffer, int32_t waitCount)
+status_t AudioRecord::obtainBuffer(Buffer* audioBuffer, int32_t waitCount, size_t *nonContig)
 {
     if (audioBuffer == NULL) {
+        if (nonContig != NULL) {
+            *nonContig = 0;
+        }
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     if (mTransfer != TRANSFER_OBTAIN) {
         audioBuffer->frameCount = 0;
         audioBuffer->size = 0;
         audioBuffer->raw = NULL;
+        if (nonContig != NULL) {
+            *nonContig = 0;
+        }
         return INVALID_OPERATION;
     }
 
@@ -623,7 +629,7 @@
         ALOGE("%s invalid waitCount %d", __func__, waitCount);
         requested = NULL;
     }
-    return obtainBuffer(audioBuffer, requested);
+    return obtainBuffer(audioBuffer, requested, NULL /*elapsed*/, nonContig);
 }
 
 status_t AudioRecord::obtainBuffer(Buffer* audioBuffer, const struct timespec *requested,
diff --git a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
index 89138e2..d32db7c 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
@@ -1338,12 +1338,18 @@
 status_t AudioTrack::obtainBuffer(Buffer* audioBuffer, int32_t waitCount, size_t *nonContig)
 {
     if (audioBuffer == NULL) {
+        if (nonContig != NULL) {
+            *nonContig = 0;
+        }
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     if (mTransfer != TRANSFER_OBTAIN) {
         audioBuffer->frameCount = 0;
         audioBuffer->size = 0;
         audioBuffer->raw = NULL;
+        if (nonContig != NULL) {
+            *nonContig = 0;
+        }
         return INVALID_OPERATION;
     }