diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/hdmi/HdmiCecLocalDeviceAudioSystem.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/hdmi/HdmiCecLocalDeviceAudioSystem.java
index f876e1ad4b886..345aa27e453f3 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/hdmi/HdmiCecLocalDeviceAudioSystem.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/hdmi/HdmiCecLocalDeviceAudioSystem.java
@@ -557,8 +557,12 @@ public class HdmiCecLocalDeviceAudioSystem extends HdmiCecLocalDeviceSource {
     @ServiceThreadOnly
     protected boolean handleReportArcInitiate(HdmiCecMessage message) {
         assertRunOnServiceThread();
-        // TODO(amyjojo): implement report arc initiate handler
-        HdmiLogger.debug(TAG + "Stub handleReportArcInitiate");
+        /*
+         * Ideally, we should have got this response before the {@link ArcInitiationActionFromAvr}
+         * has timed out. Even if the response is late, {@link ArcInitiationActionFromAvr
+         * #handleInitiateArcTimeout()} would not have disabled ARC. So nothing needs to be done
+         * here.
+         */
         return true;
     }