diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
index de1df56ba100e..733ab32d75e33 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
@@ -2374,6 +2374,16 @@ public final class Settings {
          */
         public static final String VIBRATE_WHEN_RINGING = "vibrate_when_ringing";
 
+        /**
+         * Whether automatic routing of system audio to USB audio peripheral is disabled.
+         * The value is boolean (1 or 0), where 1 means automatic routing is disabled,
+         * and 0 means automatic routing is enabled.
+         *
+         * @hide
+         */
+        public static final String USB_AUDIO_AUTOMATIC_ROUTING_DISABLED =
+                "usb_audio_automatic_routing_disabled";
+
         /**
          * Whether the audible DTMF tones are played by the dialer when dialing. The value is
          * boolean (1 or 0).
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
index 705d9c04ce7c6..a41d4da80001c 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
@@ -4573,6 +4573,17 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub {
                 outDevice = AudioSystem.DEVICE_OUT_USB_ACCESSORY;
                 setWiredDeviceConnectionState(outDevice, state, params);
             } else if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_USB_AUDIO_DEVICE_PLUG)) {
+                // FIXME Does not yet handle the case where the setting is changed
+                // after device connection.  Ideally we should handle the settings change
+                // in SettingsObserver. Here we should log that a USB device is connected
+                // and disconnected with its address (card , device) and force the
+                // connection or disconnection when the setting changes.
+                int isDisabled = Settings.System.getInt(mContentResolver,
+                        Settings.System.USB_AUDIO_AUTOMATIC_ROUTING_DISABLED, 0);
+                if (isDisabled != 0) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 state = intent.getIntExtra("state", 0);
 
                 int alsaCard = intent.getIntExtra("card", -1);