diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index a03f2eaf6626a..e2e5214688789 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ uint32_t AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::activeSleepTimeUs()
 
 AudioFlinger::MixerThread::MixerThread(const sp<AudioFlinger>& audioFlinger, AudioStreamOut* output, int id, uint32_t device)
     :   PlaybackThread(audioFlinger, output, id, device),
-        mAudioMixer(NULL)
+        mAudioMixer(NULL), mPrevMixerStatus(MIXER_IDLE)
 {
     mType = ThreadBase::MIXER;
     mAudioMixer = new AudioMixer(mFrameCount, mSampleRate);
@@ -1962,6 +1962,7 @@ bool AudioFlinger::MixerThread::threadLoop()
                     ALOGV("MixerThread %p TID %d waking up\n", this, gettid());
                     acquireWakeLock_l();
 
+                    mPrevMixerStatus = MIXER_IDLE;
                     if (!mMasterMute) {
                         char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
                         property_get("ro.audio.silent", value, "0");
@@ -2121,11 +2122,11 @@ uint32_t AudioFlinger::MixerThread::prepareTracks_l(const SortedVector< wp<Track
         // make sure that we have enough frames to mix one full buffer.
         // enforce this condition only once to enable draining the buffer in case the client
         // app does not call stop() and relies on underrun to stop:
-        // hence the test on (track->mRetryCount >= kMaxTrackRetries) meaning the track was mixed
+        // hence the test on (mPrevMixerStatus == MIXER_TRACKS_READY) meaning the track was mixed
         // during last round
         uint32_t minFrames = 1;
         if (!track->isStopped() && !track->isPausing() &&
-                (track->mRetryCount >= kMaxTrackRetries)) {
+                (mPrevMixerStatus == MIXER_TRACKS_READY)) {
             if (t->sampleRate() == (int)mSampleRate) {
                 minFrames = mFrameCount;
             } else {
@@ -2274,7 +2275,13 @@ uint32_t AudioFlinger::MixerThread::prepareTracks_l(const SortedVector< wp<Track
 
             // reset retry count
             track->mRetryCount = kMaxTrackRetries;
-            mixerStatus = MIXER_TRACKS_READY;
+            // If one track is ready, set the mixer ready if:
+            //  - the mixer was not ready during previous round OR
+            //  - no other track is not ready
+            if (mPrevMixerStatus != MIXER_TRACKS_READY ||
+                    mixerStatus != MIXER_TRACKS_ENABLED) {
+                mixerStatus = MIXER_TRACKS_READY;
+            }
         } else {
             //ALOGV("track %d u=%08x, s=%08x [NOT READY] on thread %p", name, cblk->user, cblk->server, this);
             if (track->isStopped()) {
@@ -2292,7 +2299,11 @@ uint32_t AudioFlinger::MixerThread::prepareTracks_l(const SortedVector< wp<Track
                     tracksToRemove->add(track);
                     // indicate to client process that the track was disabled because of underrun
                     android_atomic_or(CBLK_DISABLED_ON, &cblk->flags);
-                } else if (mixerStatus != MIXER_TRACKS_READY) {
+                // If one track is not ready, mark the mixer also not ready if:
+                //  - the mixer was ready during previous round OR
+                //  - no other track is ready
+                } else if (mPrevMixerStatus == MIXER_TRACKS_READY ||
+                                mixerStatus != MIXER_TRACKS_READY) {
                     mixerStatus = MIXER_TRACKS_ENABLED;
                 }
             }
@@ -2326,6 +2337,7 @@ uint32_t AudioFlinger::MixerThread::prepareTracks_l(const SortedVector< wp<Track
         memset(mMixBuffer, 0, mFrameCount * mChannelCount * sizeof(int16_t));
     }
 
+    mPrevMixerStatus = mixerStatus;
     return mixerStatus;
 }
 
@@ -3054,6 +3066,7 @@ bool AudioFlinger::DuplicatingThread::threadLoop()
                     ALOGV("DuplicatingThread %p TID %d waking up\n", this, gettid());
                     acquireWakeLock_l();
 
+                    mPrevMixerStatus = MIXER_IDLE;
                     if (!mMasterMute) {
                         char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
                         property_get("ro.audio.silent", value, "0");
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
index 275f40eb894b4..8a82bdb326945 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.h
@@ -830,7 +830,9 @@ private:
         virtual     uint32_t    idleSleepTimeUs();
         virtual     uint32_t    suspendSleepTimeUs();
 
-        AudioMixer*                     mAudioMixer;
+                    AudioMixer* mAudioMixer;
+                    uint32_t    mPrevMixerStatus; // previous status (mixer_state) returned by
+                                                  // prepareTracks_l()
     };
 
     class DirectOutputThread : public PlaybackThread {