diff --git a/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.cpp b/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
index 122ac14..015ea25 100644
--- a/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
+++ b/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.cpp
@@ -511,6 +511,14 @@
             ALOGD("offload disabled for multi-channel FLAC/ALAC/WMA/AAC_ADTS clips with sample rate > 48kHz");
         return false;
     }
+
+    if ((((offloadInfo.format & AUDIO_FORMAT_MAIN_MASK) == AUDIO_FORMAT_WMA) && (offloadInfo.bit_rate > MAX_BITRATE_WMA)) ||
+        (((offloadInfo.format & AUDIO_FORMAT_MAIN_MASK) == AUDIO_FORMAT_WMA_PRO) && (offloadInfo.bit_rate > MAX_BITRATE_WMA_PRO)) ||
+        (((offloadInfo.format & AUDIO_FORMAT_MAIN_MASK) == AUDIO_FORMAT_WMA_PRO) && (offloadInfo.bit_rate > MAX_BITRATE_WMA_LOSSLESS))){
+        //Safely choose the min bitrate as threshold and leave the restriction to NT decoder as we can't distinguish wma pro and wma lossless here.
+        ALOGD("offload disabled for WMA/WMA_PRO/WMA_LOSSLESS clips with bit rate over maximum supported value");
+        return false;
+    }
 #endif
     //TODO: enable audio offloading with video when ready
     const bool allowOffloadWithVideo =
diff --git a/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.h b/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.h
index dfda1c9..deef57d 100644
--- a/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.h
+++ b/policy_hal/AudioPolicyManager.h
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 #ifndef AUDIO_EXTN_AFE_PROXY_ENABLED
 #define AUDIO_DEVICE_OUT_PROXY 0x1000000
 #endif
+
+#define MAX_BITRATE_WMA          384000
+#define MAX_BITRATE_WMA_PRO      1536000
+#define MAX_BITRATE_WMA_LOSSLESS 1152000
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class AudioPolicyManagerCustom: public AudioPolicyManager