diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index 053c98d..e63f12d 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -2568,7 +2568,8 @@
      * Instead of writing zeroes here, we could trust the hardware
      * to always provide zeroes when muted.
      */
-    if (ret == 0 && voice_get_mic_mute(adev) && !voice_is_in_call_rec_stream(in))
+    if (ret == 0 && voice_get_mic_mute(adev) && !voice_is_in_call_rec_stream(in) &&
+            in->usecase != USECASE_AUDIO_RECORD_AFE_PROXY)
         memset(buffer, 0, bytes);
 
 exit: