diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp
index 3b40ae0..5cd87fd 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectFactory.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     return status;
 }
 
-void Factory::openEffectLibrary(const AudioUuid& impl, const std::string& libName) {
+bool Factory::openEffectLibrary(const AudioUuid& impl, const std::string& libName) {
     std::function<void(void*)> dlClose = [](void* handle) -> void {
         if (handle && dlclose(handle)) {
             LOG(ERROR) << "dlclose failed " << dlerror();
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
             std::unique_ptr<void, decltype(dlClose)>{dlopen(libName.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY), dlClose};
     if (!libHandle) {
         LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": dlopen failed, err: " << dlerror();
-        return;
+        return false;
     }
 
     LOG(INFO) << __func__ << " dlopen lib:" << libName << "\nimpl:" << impl.toString()
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
             {impl,
              std::make_tuple(std::move(libHandle),
                              std::unique_ptr<struct effect_dl_interface_s>(interface), libName)});
+    return true;
 }
 
 void Factory::createIdentityWithConfig(const EffectConfig::LibraryUuid& configLib,
@@ -201,8 +202,9 @@
         LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": typeUuid " << id.type.toString() << "\nimplUuid "
                    << id.uuid.toString() << " proxyUuid "
                    << (proxyUuid.has_value() ? proxyUuid->toString() : "null");
-        openEffectLibrary(id.uuid, path->second);
-        mIdentitySet.insert(std::move(id));
+        if (openEffectLibrary(id.uuid, path->second)) {
+            mIdentitySet.insert(std::move(id));
+        }
     } else {
         LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": library " << libName << " not exist!";
         return;
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectFactory.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectFactory.h
index 04bd1bb..b32ec56 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectFactory.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectFactory.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus destroyEffectImpl(const std::shared_ptr<IEffect>& in_handle);
     void cleanupEffectMap();
-    void openEffectLibrary(const ::aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioUuid& impl,
+    bool openEffectLibrary(const ::aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioUuid& impl,
                            const std::string& libName);
     void createIdentityWithConfig(
             const EffectConfig::LibraryUuid& configLib,