diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/CameraProviderManager.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/CameraProviderManager.cpp
index c337eda..4cc03f0 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/CameraProviderManager.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/CameraProviderManager.cpp
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
         removeRef(DeviceMode::CAMERA, id);
         ALOGE("%s: Transaction error opening a session for camera device %s: %s",
                 __FUNCTION__, id.c_str(), ret.getMessage());
-        return DEAD_OBJECT;
+        return AidlProviderInfo::mapToStatusT(ret);
     }
     return OK;
 }
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/aidl/AidlProviderInfo.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/aidl/AidlProviderInfo.cpp
index b2a7fee..6f35e56 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/aidl/AidlProviderInfo.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/common/aidl/AidlProviderInfo.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,10 +45,32 @@
 using ICameraProvider = aidl::android::hardware::camera::provider::ICameraProvider;
 using StatusListener = CameraProviderManager::StatusListener;
 
+static status_t mapExceptionCodeToStatusT(binder_exception_t binderException) {
+    switch (binderException) {
+        case EX_NONE:
+            return OK;
+        case EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT:
+        case EX_NULL_POINTER:
+        case EX_BAD_PARCELABLE:
+        case EX_ILLEGAL_STATE:
+            return BAD_VALUE;
+        case EX_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION:
+            return INVALID_OPERATION;
+        case EX_TRANSACTION_FAILED:
+            return DEAD_OBJECT;
+        default:
+            return UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    }
+}
+
 status_t AidlProviderInfo::mapToStatusT(const ndk::ScopedAStatus& s) {
     using Status = aidl::android::hardware::camera::common::Status;
+    auto exceptionCode = s.getExceptionCode();
+    if (exceptionCode != EX_SERVICE_SPECIFIC) {
+        return mapExceptionCodeToStatusT(exceptionCode);
+    }
     Status st = static_cast<Status>(s.getServiceSpecificError());
-    switch(st) {
+    switch (st) {
         case Status::OK:
             return OK;
         case Status::ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT: