diff --git a/services/audioflinger/PatchPanel.cpp b/services/audioflinger/PatchPanel.cpp
index a6cb9c0..5fcc0fe 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/PatchPanel.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/PatchPanel.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 exit:
     ALOGV("createAudioPatch() status %d", status);
     if (status == NO_ERROR) {
-        *handle = audioflinger->nextUniqueId();
+        *handle = audioflinger->nextUniqueId(AUDIO_UNIQUE_ID_USE_PATCH);
         newPatch->mHandle = *handle;
         newPatch->mHalHandle = halHandle;
         mPatches.add(newPatch);