diff --git a/talk/app/webrtc/androidtests/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroidTest.java b/talk/app/webrtc/androidtests/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroidTest.java
index 23cc2142a..1b0983a48 100644
--- a/talk/app/webrtc/androidtests/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroidTest.java
+++ b/talk/app/webrtc/androidtests/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroidTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest;
 import org.webrtc.VideoCapturerAndroid.CaptureFormat;
 import org.webrtc.VideoRenderer.I420Frame;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@@ -79,12 +78,11 @@ public class VideoCapturerAndroidTest extends ActivityTestCase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void OnFrameCaptured(ByteBuffer frame, int rotation,
+    public void OnFrameCaptured(byte[] frame, int length, int rotation,
         long timeStamp) {
-      assertTrue(frame.isDirect());
       synchronized (frameLock) {
         ++framesCaptured;
-        frameSize = frame.capacity();
+        frameSize = length;
         frameLock.notify();
       }
     }
diff --git a/talk/app/webrtc/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc b/talk/app/webrtc/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc
index b445be5aa..dfe1b1b7f 100644
--- a/talk/app/webrtc/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc
+++ b/talk/app/webrtc/java/jni/androidvideocapturer_jni.cc
@@ -178,13 +178,20 @@ void AndroidVideoCapturerJni::OnIncomingFrame_w(void* video_frame,
 JNIEnv* AndroidVideoCapturerJni::jni() { return AttachCurrentThreadIfNeeded(); }
 
 JOW(void, VideoCapturerAndroid_00024NativeObserver_nativeOnFrameCaptured)
-    (JNIEnv* jni, jclass, jlong j_capturer, jobject j_frame,
+    (JNIEnv* jni, jclass, jlong j_capturer, jbyteArray j_frame, jint length,
         jint rotation, jlong ts) {
-  void* bytes = jni->GetDirectBufferAddress(j_frame);
-  DCHECK(bytes != NULL);
-  jlong length = jni->GetDirectBufferCapacity(j_frame);
-  reinterpret_cast<AndroidVideoCapturerJni*>(
-      j_capturer)->OnIncomingFrame(bytes, length, rotation, ts);
+  jboolean is_copy = true;
+  jbyte* bytes = jni->GetByteArrayElements(j_frame, &is_copy);
+  if (!is_copy) {
+    reinterpret_cast<AndroidVideoCapturerJni*>(
+        j_capturer)->OnIncomingFrame(bytes, length, rotation, ts);
+  }  else {
+    // If this is a copy of the original frame, it means that the memory
+    // is not direct memory and thus VideoCapturerAndroid does not guarantee
+    // that the memory is valid when we have released |j_frame|.
+    DCHECK(false) << "j_frame is a copy.";
+  }
+  jni->ReleaseByteArrayElements(j_frame, bytes, JNI_ABORT);
 }
 
 JOW(void, VideoCapturerAndroid_00024NativeObserver_nativeCapturerStarted)
diff --git a/talk/app/webrtc/java/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroid.java b/talk/app/webrtc/java/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroid.java
index 8b4771d97..bb0b338aa 100644
--- a/talk/app/webrtc/java/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroid.java
+++ b/talk/app/webrtc/java/src/org/webrtc/VideoCapturerAndroid.java
@@ -536,10 +536,11 @@ public class VideoCapturerAndroid extends VideoCapturer implements PreviewCallba
       rotation = 360 - rotation;
     }
     rotation = (info.orientation + rotation) % 360;
-
-    frameObserver.OnFrameCaptured(
-        videoBuffers.reserveByteBuffer(data, captureTimeMs),
-        rotation,
+    // Mark the frame owning |data| as used.
+    // Note that since data is directBuffer,
+    // data.length >= videoBuffers.frameSize.
+    videoBuffers.reserveByteBuffer(data, captureTimeMs);
+    frameObserver.OnFrameCaptured(data, videoBuffers.frameSize, rotation,
         captureTimeMs);
   }
 
@@ -578,14 +579,14 @@ public class VideoCapturerAndroid extends VideoCapturer implements PreviewCallba
     // potentially stalling the capturer if it runs out of buffers to write to).
     private static int numCaptureBuffers = 3;
     private final Frame cameraFrames[];
+    public final int frameSize;
 
     private static class Frame {
-      public final ByteBuffer buffer;
+      private final ByteBuffer buffer;
       public long timeStamp = -1;
 
-      Frame(int width, int height, int format) {
-        int bufSize = width * height * ImageFormat.getBitsPerPixel(format) / 8;
-        buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(bufSize);
+      Frame(int frameSize) {
+        buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(frameSize);
       }
 
       byte[] data() {
@@ -595,8 +596,9 @@ public class VideoCapturerAndroid extends VideoCapturer implements PreviewCallba
 
     FramePool(int width, int height, int format) {
       cameraFrames = new Frame[numCaptureBuffers];
+      frameSize = width * height * ImageFormat.getBitsPerPixel(format) / 8;
       for (int i = 0; i < numCaptureBuffers; i++) {
-        cameraFrames[i] = new Frame(width, height, format);
+        cameraFrames[i] = new Frame(frameSize);
       }
     }
 
@@ -608,11 +610,11 @@ public class VideoCapturerAndroid extends VideoCapturer implements PreviewCallba
       }
     }
 
-    ByteBuffer reserveByteBuffer(byte[] data, long timeStamp) {
+    void reserveByteBuffer(byte[] data, long timeStamp) {
       for (Frame frame : cameraFrames) {
         if (data == frame.data()) {
           frame.timeStamp = timeStamp;
-          return frame.buffer;
+          return;
         }
       }
       throw new RuntimeException("unknown data buffer?!?");
@@ -639,7 +641,8 @@ public class VideoCapturerAndroid extends VideoCapturer implements PreviewCallba
 
     // Delivers a captured frame. Called on a Java thread owned by
     // VideoCapturerAndroid.
-    abstract void OnFrameCaptured(ByteBuffer buffer, int rotation, long timeStamp);
+    abstract void OnFrameCaptured(byte[] data, int length, int rotation,
+        long timeStamp);
   }
 
   // An implementation of CapturerObserver that forwards all calls from
@@ -657,14 +660,14 @@ public class VideoCapturerAndroid extends VideoCapturer implements PreviewCallba
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void OnFrameCaptured(ByteBuffer byteBuffer, int rotation,
+    public void OnFrameCaptured(byte[] data, int length, int rotation,
         long timeStamp) {
-      nativeOnFrameCaptured(nativeCapturer, byteBuffer, rotation, timeStamp);
+      nativeOnFrameCaptured(nativeCapturer, data, length, rotation, timeStamp);
     }
 
     private native void nativeCapturerStarted(long nativeCapturer,
         boolean success);
     private native void nativeOnFrameCaptured(long nativeCapturer,
-        ByteBuffer byteBuffer, int rotation, long timeStamp);
+        byte[] data, int length, int rotation, long timeStamp);
   }
 }