diff --git a/media/bufferpool/2.0/Accessor.cpp b/media/bufferpool/2.0/Accessor.cpp
index c1b62f8b6a..b9837f7535 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/2.0/Accessor.cpp
+++ b/media/bufferpool/2.0/Accessor.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Return<void> Accessor::connect(connect_cb _hidl_cb) {
     ResultStatus status = connect(&connection, &connectionId, &fmqDesc, false);
     if (status == ResultStatus::OK) {
         _hidl_cb(status, connection, connectionId, *fmqDesc,
-                 android::hardware::MQDescriptorSync<BufferInvalidationMessage>(
+                 android::hardware::MQDescriptorUnsync<BufferInvalidationMessage>(
                          std::vector<android::hardware::GrantorDescriptor>(),
                          nullptr /* nhandle */, 0 /* size */));
     } else {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Return<void> Accessor::connect(connect_cb _hidl_cb) {
                  android::hardware::MQDescriptorSync<BufferStatusMessage>(
                          std::vector<android::hardware::GrantorDescriptor>(),
                          nullptr /* nhandle */, 0 /* size */),
-                 android::hardware::MQDescriptorSync<BufferInvalidationMessage>(
+                 android::hardware::MQDescriptorUnsync<BufferInvalidationMessage>(
                          std::vector<android::hardware::GrantorDescriptor>(),
                          nullptr /* nhandle */, 0 /* size */));
     }
diff --git a/media/bufferpool/2.0/include/bufferpool/BufferPoolTypes.h b/media/bufferpool/2.0/include/bufferpool/BufferPoolTypes.h
index eb845e16ae..7c906cbf66 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/2.0/include/bufferpool/BufferPoolTypes.h
+++ b/media/bufferpool/2.0/include/bufferpool/BufferPoolTypes.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ namespace V2_0 {
 namespace implementation {
 
 using ::android::hardware::kSynchronizedReadWrite;
+using ::android::hardware::kUnsynchronizedWrite;
 
 typedef uint32_t BufferId;
 typedef uint64_t TransactionId;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ enum : ConnectionId {
 typedef android::hardware::MessageQueue<BufferStatusMessage, kSynchronizedReadWrite> BufferStatusQueue;
 typedef BufferStatusQueue::Descriptor StatusDescriptor;
 
-typedef android::hardware::MessageQueue<BufferInvalidationMessage, kSynchronizedReadWrite>
+typedef android::hardware::MessageQueue<BufferInvalidationMessage, kUnsynchronizedWrite>
         BufferInvalidationQueue;
 typedef BufferInvalidationQueue::Descriptor InvalidationDescriptor;