diff --git a/media/packages/BluetoothMidiService/src/com/android/bluetoothmidiservice/BluetoothPacketDecoder.java b/media/packages/BluetoothMidiService/src/com/android/bluetoothmidiservice/BluetoothPacketDecoder.java
index c51c8fa73c4eb..8d18b77700b51 100644
--- a/media/packages/BluetoothMidiService/src/com/android/bluetoothmidiservice/BluetoothPacketDecoder.java
+++ b/media/packages/BluetoothMidiService/src/com/android/bluetoothmidiservice/BluetoothPacketDecoder.java
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ public class BluetoothPacketDecoder extends PacketDecoder {
         }
 
         byte header = buffer[0];
-        if ((header & 0xC0) != 0x80) {
+        // Check for the header bit 7.
+        // Ignore the reserved bit 6.
+        if ((header & 0x80) != 0x80) {
             Log.e(TAG, "packet does not start with header");
             return;
         }