diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/common/managerdefinitions/src/StreamDescriptor.cpp b/services/audiopolicy/common/managerdefinitions/src/StreamDescriptor.cpp
index b682e2c..4ca27c2 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/common/managerdefinitions/src/StreamDescriptor.cpp
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/common/managerdefinitions/src/StreamDescriptor.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
 StreamDescriptor::StreamDescriptor()
     :   mIndexMin(0), mIndexMax(1), mCanBeMuted(true)
 {
-    mIndexCur.add(AUDIO_DEVICE_OUT_DEFAULT, 0);
+    // Initialize the current stream's index to mIndexMax so volume isn't 0 in
+    // cases where the Java layer doesn't call into the audio policy service to
+    // set the default volume.
+    mIndexCur.add(AUDIO_DEVICE_OUT_DEFAULT, mIndexMax);
 }
 
 int StreamDescriptor::getVolumeIndex(audio_devices_t device) const