diff --git a/services/sensorservice/SensorDirectConnection.cpp b/services/sensorservice/SensorDirectConnection.cpp
index b096e1c..91923b3 100644
--- a/services/sensorservice/SensorDirectConnection.cpp
+++ b/services/sensorservice/SensorDirectConnection.cpp
@@ -185,17 +185,18 @@
                 struct stat s1, s2;
                 int fd1, fd2;
                 fd1 = mMem.handle->data[0];
-                fd2 = mem->handle->data[1];
+                fd2 = mem->handle->data[0];
                 if (fstat(fd1, &s1) < 0 || fstat(fd2, &s2) < 0 || s1.st_ino == s2.st_ino) {
                     ret = true;
                 }
                 break;
             }
             case SENSOR_DIRECT_MEM_TYPE_GRALLOC:
-                LOG_FATAL("%s: Implement GRALLOC or remove", __FUNCTION__);
-                ret = true;
+                // there is no known method to test if two gralloc handle are equivalent
+                ret = false;
                 break;
             default:
+                // should never happen
                 ALOGE("Unexpected mem type %d", mMem.type);
                 ret = true;
                 break;
diff --git a/services/sensorservice/SensorService.cpp b/services/sensorservice/SensorService.cpp
index 4d76272..26f9143 100644
--- a/services/sensorservice/SensorService.cpp
+++ b/services/sensorservice/SensorService.cpp
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@
     for (auto &i : mDirectConnections) {
         sp<SensorDirectConnection> connection(i.promote());
         if (connection != nullptr && connection->isEquivalent(&mem)) {
+            ALOGE("Duplicate create channel request for the same share memory");
             return nullptr;
         }
     }
@@ -988,14 +989,15 @@
             int fd = resource->data[0];
             int size2 = ashmem_get_size_region(fd);
             // check size consistency
-            if (size2 != static_cast<int>(size)) {
-                ALOGE("Ashmem direct channel size mismatch, %" PRIu32 " vs %d", size, size2);
+            if (size2 < static_cast<int>(size)) {
+                ALOGE("Ashmem direct channel size %" PRIu32 " greater than shared memory size %d",
+                      size, size2);
                 return nullptr;
             }
             break;
         }
         case SENSOR_DIRECT_MEM_TYPE_GRALLOC:
-            LOG_FATAL("%s: Finish implementation of ION and GRALLOC or remove", __FUNCTION__);
+            // no specific checks for gralloc
             break;
         default:
             ALOGE("Unknown direct connection memory type %d", type);