diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
index 40705c6ebcea1..31eecac154cee 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ void MediaPlayerService::Client::disconnect()
         Mutex::Autolock l(mLock);
         p = mPlayer;
     }
+    mClient.clear();
     mPlayer.clear();
 
     // clear the notification to prevent callbacks to dead client