diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp
index 638fa7f..2e1bb12 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
             RETURN_IF(!libInterface || !libInterface->queryEffectFunc, EX_NULL_POINTER,
                       "dlNullQueryEffectFunc");
             RETURN_IF_BINDER_EXCEPTION(libInterface->queryEffectFunc(&id.uuid, &desc));
+            // update proxy UUID with information from config xml
+            desc.common.id.proxy = id.proxy;
             _aidl_return->emplace_back(std::move(desc));
         }
     }