diff --git a/media/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp b/media/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
index 128061c..5be014b 100644
--- a/media/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
+++ b/media/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
@@ -1446,6 +1446,8 @@
       mMetaMode(MODE_NONE),
       mAvailablePipelineCapacity(),
       mInputMetEos(false) {
+    Mutexed<std::unique_ptr<InputBuffers>>::Locked buffers(mInputBuffers);
+    buffers->reset(new DummyInputBuffers(""));
 }
 
 CCodecBufferChannel::~CCodecBufferChannel() {