diff --git a/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h b/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h
index a098805..ee0d5c0 100644
--- a/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h
+++ b/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h
@@ -332,10 +332,17 @@
     if (binderIface.get() == nullptr) {
         return nullptr;
     }
+
     if (binderIface->localBinder() == nullptr) {
         return new ProxyType(binderIface);
     }
+
+    // Ensure that IBinder is BnHwBase (not JHwBinder, for instance)
+    if (!binderIface->checkSubclass(IBase::descriptor)) {
+        return new ProxyType(binderIface);
+    }
     sp<IBase> base = static_cast<BnHwBase*>(binderIface.get())->getImpl();
+
     if (details::canCastInterface(base.get(), IType::descriptor)) {
         StubType* stub = static_cast<StubType*>(binderIface.get());
         return stub->getImpl();