diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp b/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
index 9351499..83de3e2 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
@@ -1058,12 +1058,12 @@
             if (curProfile->getFlags() != AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_SPATIALIZER) {
                 continue;
             }
-            // reject profiles not corresponding to a device currently available
-            DeviceVector supportedDevices = curProfile->getSupportedDevices();
-            if (!mAvailableOutputDevices.containsAtLeastOne(supportedDevices)) {
-                continue;
-            }
             if (!devices.empty()) {
+                // reject profiles not corresponding to a device currently available
+                DeviceVector supportedDevices = curProfile->getSupportedDevices();
+                if (!mAvailableOutputDevices.containsAtLeastOne(supportedDevices)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (supportedDevices.getDevicesFromDeviceTypeAddrVec(devices).size()
                         != devices.size()) {
                     continue;
@@ -5369,10 +5369,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    // The caller can have the devices criteria ignored by passing and empty vector, and
-    // getSpatializerOutputProfile() will ignore the devices when looking for a match.
-    // Otherwise an output profile supporting a spatializer effect that can be routed
-    // to the specified devices must exist.
     sp<IOProfile> profile =
             getSpatializerOutputProfile(config, devices);
     if (profile == nullptr) {
diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.h b/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.h
index db0ee15..87e6974 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.h
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/managerdefault/AudioPolicyManager.h
@@ -1099,6 +1099,18 @@
                                       const audio_config_t *config,
                                       const AudioDeviceTypeAddrVector &devices) const;
 
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Gets an IOProfile for a spatializer output with the best match with
+         * provided arguments.
+         * The caller can have the devices criteria ignored by passing and empty vector, and
+         * getSpatializerOutputProfile() will ignore the devices when looking for a match.
+         * Otherwise an output profile supporting a spatializer effect that can be routed
+         * to the specified devices must exist.
+         * @param config audio configuration describing the audio format, channels, sample rate...
+         * @param devices the sink audio device selected for playback
+         * @return an IOProfile that canbe used to open a spatializer output.
+         */
         sp<IOProfile> getSpatializerOutputProfile(const audio_config_t *config,
                                                   const AudioDeviceTypeAddrVector &devices) const;