diff --git a/media/libstagefright/xmlparser/MediaCodecsXmlParser.cpp b/media/libstagefright/xmlparser/MediaCodecsXmlParser.cpp
index e70cafc..9783e9b 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/xmlparser/MediaCodecsXmlParser.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/xmlparser/MediaCodecsXmlParser.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
             : mStatus(s),
               mError(error) {
             if (error.empty() && s) {
-                error = "Failed (" + std::string(asString(s)) + ")";
+                mError = "Failed (" + std::string(asString(s)) + ")";
             }
         }
         operator status_t() const { return mStatus; }