diff --git a/hwcomposer.cpp b/hwcomposer.cpp
index 0a8b661..5181d84 100644
--- a/hwcomposer.cpp
+++ b/hwcomposer.cpp
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@
     hwc_display_contents_1_t *dc = sf_display_contents[i];
     displays_contents.emplace_back();
     DrmHwcDisplayContents &display_contents = displays_contents.back();
+    layers_indices.emplace_back();
+    std::vector<size_t> &indices_to_composite = layers_indices.back();
 
     if (!sf_display_contents[i])
       continue;
@@ -422,7 +424,6 @@
     display_contents.retire_fence = OutputFd(&dc->retireFenceFd);
 
     size_t num_dc_layers = dc->numHwLayers;
-    std::vector<size_t> indices_to_composite;
     int framebuffer_target_index = -1;
     for (size_t j = 0; j < num_dc_layers; ++j) {
       hwc_layer_1_t *sf_layer = &dc->hwLayers[j];
@@ -474,7 +475,6 @@
         indices_to_composite.push_back(framebuffer_target_index);
       }
     }
-    layers_indices.emplace_back(indices_to_composite);
   }
 
   if (ret)