diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioManager.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioManager.java
index e7a306b78028b..ed6d87e423f43 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioManager.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioManager.java
@@ -1755,6 +1755,26 @@ public class AudioManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     * Returns the current remote control client.
+     * @param rcClientId the counter value that matches the extra
+     *     {@link AudioManager#EXTRA_REMOTE_CONTROL_CLIENT} in the
+     *     {@link AudioManager#REMOTE_CONTROL_CLIENT_CHANGED} event
+     * @return the current IRemoteControlClient from which information to display on the remote
+     *     control can be retrieved, or null if rcClientId doesn't match the current generation
+     *     counter.
+     */
+    public IRemoteControlClient getRemoteControlClient(int rcClientId) {
+        IAudioService service = getService();
+        try {
+            return service.getRemoteControlClient(rcClientId);
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Dead object in getRemoteControlClient "+e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @hide
      * Definitions of constants to be used in {@link android.media.IRemoteControlClient}.
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
index bf1585dceed30..cb56bc6a68cf6 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
@@ -2845,20 +2845,20 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub {
         }
     }
 
-    private final static Object mCurrentRcLock = new Object();
+    private final Object mCurrentRcLock = new Object();
     /**
      * The one remote control client to be polled for display information.
      * This object is never null, but its reference might.
      * Access protected by mCurrentRcLock.
      */
-    private static SoftReference<IRemoteControlClient> mCurrentRcClientRef =
+    private SoftReference<IRemoteControlClient> mCurrentRcClientRef =
             new SoftReference<IRemoteControlClient>(null);
 
     /**
      * A monotonically increasing generation counter for mCurrentRcClientRef.
      * Only accessed with a lock on mCurrentRcLock.
      */
-    private static int mCurrentRcClientGen = 0;
+    private int mCurrentRcClientGen = 0;
 
     /**
      * Returns the current remote control client.
@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub {
      *     control can be retrieved, or null if rcClientId doesn't match the current generation
      *     counter.
      */
-    public static IRemoteControlClient getRemoteControlClient(int rcClientId) {
+    public IRemoteControlClient getRemoteControlClient(int rcClientId) {
         synchronized(mCurrentRcLock) {
             if (rcClientId == mCurrentRcClientGen) {
                 return mCurrentRcClientRef.get();
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/IAudioService.aidl b/media/java/android/media/IAudioService.aidl
index 9afe55326e68a..25b9a1b352347 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/IAudioService.aidl
+++ b/media/java/android/media/IAudioService.aidl
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ interface IAudioService {
     void registerRemoteControlClient(in ComponentName eventReceiver,
            in IRemoteControlClient rcClient, in String callingPackageName);
 
+    IRemoteControlClient getRemoteControlClient(in int rcClientId);
+
     void notifyRemoteControlInformationChanged(in ComponentName eventReceiver);
 
     void startBluetoothSco(IBinder cb);