diff --git a/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp b/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp
index d78e723..e826ac3 100644
--- a/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp
+++ b/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp
@@ -821,6 +821,11 @@
 
             written_frames = 0;
             return 0;
+        } else if (written_frames == -EIO) {
+            // receiving -EIO means that the underlying FIFO has shut itself down
+            // due to reader/writer indices corruption. This state is irreversible,
+            // so shut down the monopipe. It will be destroyed on the next call to 'write.'
+            sink->shutdown(true);
         } else {
             // write() returned UNDERRUN or WOULD_BLOCK, retry
             ALOGE("out_write() write to pipe returned unexpected %zd", written_frames);