diff --git a/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/Camera1Session.java b/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/Camera1Session.java
index 80d28c47e5..08502dc630 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/Camera1Session.java
+++ b/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/Camera1Session.java
@@ -86,12 +86,17 @@ class Camera1Session implements CameraSession {
     final android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo info = new android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo();
     android.hardware.Camera.getCameraInfo(cameraId, info);
 
-    final android.hardware.Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
-    final CaptureFormat captureFormat =
-        findClosestCaptureFormat(parameters, width, height, framerate);
-    final Size pictureSize = findClosestPictureSize(parameters, width, height);
-
-    updateCameraParameters(camera, parameters, captureFormat, pictureSize, captureToTexture);
+    final CaptureFormat captureFormat;
+    try {
+      final android.hardware.Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
+      captureFormat = findClosestCaptureFormat(parameters, width, height, framerate);
+      final Size pictureSize = findClosestPictureSize(parameters, width, height);
+      updateCameraParameters(camera, parameters, captureFormat, pictureSize, captureToTexture);
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      camera.release();
+      callback.onFailure(FailureType.ERROR, e.getMessage());
+      return;
+    }
 
     if (!captureToTexture) {
       final int frameSize = captureFormat.frameSize();