diff --git a/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/VideoFrameProcessingTaskExecutor.java b/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/VideoFrameProcessingTaskExecutor.java
index 274aabea2e..be1bb6a64e 100644
--- a/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/VideoFrameProcessingTaskExecutor.java
+++ b/libraries/effect/src/main/java/androidx/media3/effect/VideoFrameProcessingTaskExecutor.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import androidx.media3.common.VideoFrameProcessor;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
@@ -150,16 +149,13 @@ import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
       shouldCancelTasks = true;
       highPriorityTasks.clear();
     }
-    Future<?> releaseFuture =
+    Future<?> unused =
         wrapTaskAndSubmitToExecutorService(releaseTask, /* isFlushOrReleaseTask= */ true);
     singleThreadExecutorService.shutdown();
-    try {
-      if (!singleThreadExecutorService.awaitTermination(releaseWaitTimeMs, MILLISECONDS)) {
-        listener.onError(new VideoFrameProcessingException("Release timed out"));
-      }
-      releaseFuture.get();
-    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-      listener.onError(new VideoFrameProcessingException(e));
+    if (!singleThreadExecutorService.awaitTermination(releaseWaitTimeMs, MILLISECONDS)) {
+      listener.onError(
+          new VideoFrameProcessingException(
+              "Release timed out. OpenGL resources may not be cleaned up properly."));
     }
   }