diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index d5d778f..29932f4 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -2173,6 +2173,13 @@
     }
 }
 
+void AudioFlinger::onHardError(std::set<audio_port_handle_t>& trackPortIds) {
+    ALOGI("releasing tracks due to a hard error occurred on an I/O thread");
+    for (const auto portId : trackPortIds) {
+        AudioSystem::releaseOutput(portId);
+    }
+}
+
 // removeClient_l() must be called with AudioFlinger::clientMutex() held
 void AudioFlinger::removeClient_l(pid_t pid)
 {