diff --git a/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp b/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp
index 736bc3c..c962974 100644
--- a/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp
+++ b/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp
@@ -217,10 +217,8 @@
     // Grab a shared_ptr to 'this' from ndk::SharedRefBase::ref()
     std::shared_ptr<ExternalCameraDeviceSession> thiz = ref<ExternalCameraDeviceSession>();
 
-    if (mSupportBufMgr) {
-        mBufferRequestThread = std::make_shared<BufferRequestThread>(/*parent=*/thiz, mCallback);
-        mBufferRequestThread->run();
-    }
+    mBufferRequestThread = std::make_shared<BufferRequestThread>(/*parent=*/thiz, mCallback);
+    mBufferRequestThread->run();
     mOutputThread = std::make_shared<OutputThread>(/*parent=*/thiz, mCroppingType,
                                                    mCameraCharacteristics, mBufferRequestThread);
 }