diff --git a/media/jni/audioeffect/android_media_Visualizer.cpp b/media/jni/audioeffect/android_media_Visualizer.cpp
index b7d7b03393769..45de36ed3e4db 100644
--- a/media/jni/audioeffect/android_media_Visualizer.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/audioeffect/android_media_Visualizer.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ static void android_media_visualizer_native_release(JNIEnv *env,  jobject thiz)
         if (lpVisualizer == 0) {
             return;
         }
+        lpVisualizer->release();
     }
     // delete the JNI data
     VisualizerJniStorage* lpJniStorage =