--- a/dom/media/platforms/android/AndroidDecoderModule.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/platforms/android/AndroidDecoderModule.cpp
@@ -203,17 +203,20 @@ AndroidDecoderModule::CreateVideoDecoder
                                               aParams.mTaskQueue);
   return decoder.forget();
 }
 
 already_AddRefed<MediaDataDecoder>
 AndroidDecoderModule::CreateAudioDecoder(const CreateDecoderParams& aParams)
 {
   const AudioInfo& config = aParams.AudioConfig();
-  MOZ_ASSERT(config.mBitDepth == 16, "We only handle 16-bit audio!");
+  if (config.mBitDepth != 16) {
+    // We only handle 16-bit audio.
+    return nullptr;
+  }
 
   MediaFormat::LocalRef format;
 
   LOG("CreateAudioFormat with mimeType=%s, mRate=%d, channels=%d",
       config.mMimeType.Data(), config.mRate, config.mChannels);
 
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(MediaFormat::CreateAudioFormat(
       config.mMimeType,