diff --git a/media/libaudioclient/AudioRecord.cpp b/media/libaudioclient/AudioRecord.cpp
index a5fb394..0871365 100644
--- a/media/libaudioclient/AudioRecord.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudioclient/AudioRecord.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@
         int32_t maxSharedAudioHistoryMs)
 {
     status_t status = NO_ERROR;
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(mInitialized, "%s: should not be called twice", __func__);
+    mInitialized = true;
     // Note mPortId is not valid until the track is created, so omit mPortId in ALOG for set.
     ALOGV("%s(): inputSource %d, sampleRate %u, format %#x, channelMask %#x, frameCount %zu, "
           "notificationFrames %u, sessionId %d, transferType %d, flags %#x, attributionSource %s"
diff --git a/media/libaudioclient/include/media/AudioRecord.h b/media/libaudioclient/include/media/AudioRecord.h
index faea716..cb05dd9 100644
--- a/media/libaudioclient/include/media/AudioRecord.h
+++ b/media/libaudioclient/include/media/AudioRecord.h
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@
     wp<IAudioRecordCallback> mCallback;
     sp<IAudioRecordCallback> mLegacyCallbackWrapper;
 
+    bool                    mInitialized = false;   // Protect against double set
     // for notification APIs
     uint32_t                mNotificationFramesReq; // requested number of frames between each
                                                     // notification callback