diff --git a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index 0f64f18c3..0b90967cd 100644
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity {
         
         if (mAudioTrack.getState() != AudioTrack.STATE_INITIALIZED) {
             Log.e("SDL", "Failed during initialization of Audio Track");
+            mAudioTrack = null;
             return -1;
         }