diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioOffloadSupportProvider.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioOffloadSupportProvider.java
index 5fce99452f..55563e4415 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioOffloadSupportProvider.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioOffloadSupportProvider.java
@@ -94,7 +94,14 @@ public final class DefaultAudioOffloadSupportProvider
     if (channelConfig == AudioFormat.CHANNEL_INVALID) {
       return AudioOffloadSupport.DEFAULT_UNSUPPORTED;
     }
-    AudioFormat audioFormat = Util.getAudioFormat(format.sampleRate, channelConfig, encoding);
+
+    AudioFormat audioFormat;
+    try {
+      audioFormat = Util.getAudioFormat(format.sampleRate, channelConfig, encoding);
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      return AudioOffloadSupport.DEFAULT_UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
+
     if (Util.SDK_INT >= 31) {
       return Api31.getOffloadedPlaybackSupport(
           audioFormat,