diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
index 5eb6d37..525b4de 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import static android.media.AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
+import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.ActivityManagerNative;
 import android.app.AppOpsManager;
 import android.app.KeyguardManager;
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@
         updateStreamVolumeAlias(false /*updateVolumes*/);
         createStreamStates();
 
+        readAndSetLowRamDevice();
         mMediaServerOk = true;
 
         // Call setRingerModeInt() to apply correct mute
@@ -3469,6 +3471,8 @@
                     // process restarts after a crash, not the first time it is started.
                     AudioSystem.setParameters("restarting=true");
 
+                    readAndSetLowRamDevice();
+
                     // Restore device connection states
                     synchronized (mConnectedDevices) {
                         Set set = mConnectedDevices.entrySet();
@@ -6698,4 +6702,13 @@
         pw.print("  mMainType=0x"); pw.println(Integer.toHexString(mCurAudioRoutes.mMainType));
         pw.print("  mBluetoothName="); pw.println(mCurAudioRoutes.mBluetoothName);
     }
+
+    // Inform AudioFlinger of our device's low RAM attribute
+    private static void readAndSetLowRamDevice()
+    {
+        int status = AudioSystem.setLowRamDevice(ActivityManager.isLowRamDeviceStatic());
+        if (status != 0) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "AudioFlinger informed of device's low RAM attribute; status " + status);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioSystem.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioSystem.java
index d42bfd44..4805da5 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioSystem.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioSystem.java
@@ -403,4 +403,6 @@
     public static native int getPrimaryOutputFrameCount();
     public static native int getOutputLatency(int stream);
 
+    public static native int setLowRamDevice(boolean isLowRamDevice);
+
 }