diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index 68fa553..9bd0e9b 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -635,8 +635,12 @@
     if (lStatus != NO_ERROR) {
         // remove local strong reference to Client before deleting the Track so that the
         // Client destructor is called by the TrackBase destructor with mClientLock held
-        Mutex::Autolock _cl(mClientLock);
-        client.clear();
+        // Don't hold mClientLock when releasing the reference on the track as the
+        // destructor will acquire it.
+        {
+            Mutex::Autolock _cl(mClientLock);
+            client.clear();
+        }
         track.clear();
         goto Exit;
     }
@@ -1173,7 +1177,7 @@
     }
 
     // mClientLock should not be held here because ThreadBase::sendIoConfigEvent() will lock the
-    // ThreadBase mutex and teh locknig order is ThreadBase::mLock then AudioFlinger::mClientLock.
+    // ThreadBase mutex and the locking order is ThreadBase::mLock then AudioFlinger::mClientLock.
     if (clientAdded) {
         // the config change is always sent from playback or record threads to avoid deadlock
         // with AudioSystem::gLock
@@ -1419,8 +1423,12 @@
     if (lStatus != NO_ERROR) {
         // remove local strong reference to Client before deleting the RecordTrack so that the
         // Client destructor is called by the TrackBase destructor with mClientLock held
-        Mutex::Autolock _cl(mClientLock);
-        client.clear();
+        // Don't hold mClientLock when releasing the reference on the track as the
+        // destructor will acquire it.
+        {
+            Mutex::Autolock _cl(mClientLock);
+            client.clear();
+        }
         recordTrack.clear();
         goto Exit;
     }
@@ -2380,6 +2388,11 @@
         if (handle != 0 && id != NULL) {
             *id = handle->id();
         }
+        if (handle == 0) {
+            // remove local strong reference to Client with mClientLock held
+            Mutex::Autolock _cl(mClientLock);
+            client.clear();
+        }
     }
 
 Exit: