diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3OutputStream.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3OutputStream.cpp
index ec3f35f060..84767110c0 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3OutputStream.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3OutputStream.cpp
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ status_t Camera3OutputStream::returnBufferCheckedLocked(
         }
 
         if (timestamp == 0) {
-            ALOGE("%s: Stream %d: timestamp shouldn't be 0", __FUNCTION__, mId);
-            return BAD_VALUE;
+            ALOGW("%s: Stream %d: timestamp shouldn't be 0", __FUNCTION__, mId);
         }
 
         /* Certain consumers (such as AudioSource or HardwareComposer) use
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Stream.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Stream.cpp
index 53ff9fe080..b208d9ffec 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Stream.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Stream.cpp
@@ -663,9 +663,8 @@ status_t Camera3Stream::returnBuffer(const camera3_stream_buffer &buffer,
     removeOutstandingBuffer(buffer);
 
     if (timestampIncreasing && timestamp != 0 && timestamp <= mLastTimestamp) {
-        ALOGE("%s: Stream %d: timestamp %" PRId64 " is not increasing. Prev timestamp %" PRId64,
+        ALOGW("%s: Stream %d: timestamp %" PRId64 " is not increasing. Prev timestamp %" PRId64,
                 __FUNCTION__, mId, timestamp, mLastTimestamp);
-        return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     mLastTimestamp = timestamp;