diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index 755d480..eb00c82 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -541,10 +541,8 @@
         goto Exit;
     }
 
-    // client is responsible for conversion of 8-bit PCM to 16-bit PCM,
-    // and we don't yet support 8.24 or 32-bit PCM
-    if (!audio_is_valid_format(format) ||
-            (audio_is_linear_pcm(format) && format != AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT)) {
+    // further format checks are performed by createTrack_l() depending on the thread type
+    if (!audio_is_valid_format(format)) {
         ALOGE("createTrack() invalid format %#x", format);
         lStatus = BAD_VALUE;
         goto Exit;