diff --git a/dom/media/GraphDriver.cpp b/dom/media/GraphDriver.cpp
index 695116d05ce2..8746638ca48c 100644
--- a/dom/media/GraphDriver.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/GraphDriver.cpp
@@ -660,6 +660,13 @@ AudioCallbackDriver::Init()
       return;
     }
   }
+#ifdef XP_MACOSX
+  // Currently, only mac cares about this
+  bool aec;
+  Unused << mGraphImpl->AudioTrackPresent(aec);
+  SetMicrophoneActive(aec);
+#endif
+
   cubeb_stream_register_device_changed_callback(mAudioStream,
                                                 AudioCallbackDriver::DeviceChangedCallback_s);
 
@@ -1063,6 +1070,7 @@ void AudioCallbackDriver::PanOutputIfNeeded(bool aMicrophoneActive)
 
 void
 AudioCallbackDriver::DeviceChangedCallback() {
+#ifdef XP_MACOSX
   MonitorAutoLock mon(mGraphImpl->GetMonitor());
   PanOutputIfNeeded(mMicrophoneActive);
   // On OSX, changing the output device causes the audio thread to no call the
@@ -1071,7 +1079,7 @@ AudioCallbackDriver::DeviceChangedCallback() {
   // We switch to a system driver until audio callbacks are called again, so we
   // still pull from the input stream, so that everything works apart from the
   // audio output.
-#ifdef XP_MACOSX
+
   // Don't bother doing the device switching dance if the graph is not RUNNING
   // (starting up, shutting down), because we haven't started pulling from the
   // SourceMediaStream.
@@ -1096,11 +1104,13 @@ AudioCallbackDriver::DeviceChangedCallback() {
 void
 AudioCallbackDriver::SetMicrophoneActive(bool aActive)
 {
+#ifdef XP_MACOSX
   MonitorAutoLock mon(mGraphImpl->GetMonitor());
 
   mMicrophoneActive = aActive;
 
   PanOutputIfNeeded(mMicrophoneActive);
+#endif
 }
 
 uint32_t
diff --git a/dom/media/MediaStreamGraph.cpp b/dom/media/MediaStreamGraph.cpp
index 822c69cbac5d..9994336df25a 100644
--- a/dom/media/MediaStreamGraph.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/MediaStreamGraph.cpp
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ namespace {
 bool
 MediaStreamGraphImpl::AudioTrackPresent(bool& aNeedsAEC)
 {
+  AssertOnGraphThreadOrNotRunning();
+
   bool audioTrackPresent = false;
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < mStreams.Length() && audioTrackPresent == false; ++i) {
     MediaStream* stream = mStreams[i];
@@ -501,13 +503,21 @@ MediaStreamGraphImpl::UpdateStreamOrder()
   }
 
 #ifdef MOZ_WEBRTC
+  // Whenever we change AEC state, notify the current driver, which also
+  // will sample the state when the driver inits
   if (shouldAEC && !mFarendObserverRef && gFarendObserver) {
     mFarendObserverRef = gFarendObserver;
     mMixer.AddCallback(mFarendObserverRef);
+    if (CurrentDriver()->AsAudioCallbackDriver()) {
+      CurrentDriver()->AsAudioCallbackDriver()->SetMicrophoneActive(true);
+    }
   } else if (!shouldAEC && mFarendObserverRef){
     if (mMixer.FindCallback(mFarendObserverRef)) {
       mMixer.RemoveCallback(mFarendObserverRef);
       mFarendObserverRef = nullptr;
+      if (CurrentDriver()->AsAudioCallbackDriver()) {
+        CurrentDriver()->AsAudioCallbackDriver()->SetMicrophoneActive(false);
+      }
     }
   }
 #endif