diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
index 9d2c779e70e30..0b75a2bf75f34 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
@@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ void MediaPlayerService::AudioOutput::pause()
 {
     LOGV("pause");
     if (mTrack) mTrack->pause();
+    lastWriteTime = 0;
 }
 
 void MediaPlayerService::AudioOutput::close()