diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index 138bd3c..a550ecc 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -2807,6 +2807,9 @@
         return -ENOMEM;
     }
 
+    pthread_mutex_init(&out->lock, (const pthread_mutexattr_t *) NULL);
+    pthread_cond_init(&out->cond, (const pthread_condattr_t *) NULL);
+
     if (devices == AUDIO_DEVICE_NONE)
         devices = AUDIO_DEVICE_OUT_SPEAKER;
 
@@ -3078,9 +3081,6 @@
     /* out->muted = false; by calloc() */
     /* out->written = 0; by calloc() */
 
-    pthread_mutex_init(&out->lock, (const pthread_mutexattr_t *) NULL);
-    pthread_cond_init(&out->cond, (const pthread_condattr_t *) NULL);
-
     config->format = out->stream.common.get_format(&out->stream.common);
     config->channel_mask = out->stream.common.get_channels(&out->stream.common);
     config->sample_rate = out->stream.common.get_sample_rate(&out->stream.common);