diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 080f5a0510..84c933c52c 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 * Audio: fix an issue where not all audio was played out when the configuration
   for the underlying track was changing (e.g., at some period transitions).
 * UI: Change playback controls toggle from touch down to touch up events
-  ([#5784](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5784)). 
+  ([#5784](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5784)).
+* Add a workaround for a decoder failure on ZTE Axon7 mini devices when playing
+  48kHz audio ([#5821](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5821)).
 
 ### 2.10.0 ###
 
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
index a2fe8244f3..2e1bd19f47 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ public class MediaCodecAudioRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer implements Media
     // Set codec configuration values.
     if (Util.SDK_INT >= 23) {
       mediaFormat.setInteger(MediaFormat.KEY_PRIORITY, 0 /* realtime priority */);
-      if (codecOperatingRate != CODEC_OPERATING_RATE_UNSET) {
+      if (codecOperatingRate != CODEC_OPERATING_RATE_UNSET && !deviceDoesntSupportOperatingRate()) {
         mediaFormat.setFloat(MediaFormat.KEY_OPERATING_RATE, codecOperatingRate);
       }
     }
@@ -821,6 +821,17 @@ public class MediaCodecAudioRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer implements Media
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the device's decoders are known to not support setting the codec operating
+   * rate.
+   *
+   * <p>See <a href="https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5821">GitHub issue #5821</a>.
+   */
+  private static boolean deviceDoesntSupportOperatingRate() {
+    return Util.SDK_INT == 23
+        && ("ZTE B2017G".equals(Util.MODEL) || "AXON 7 mini".equals(Util.MODEL));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns whether the decoder is known to output six audio channels when provided with input with
    * fewer than six channels.