diff --git a/libs/hwui/HardwareBitmapUploader.cpp b/libs/hwui/HardwareBitmapUploader.cpp
index 71f7926..27ea150 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/HardwareBitmapUploader.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/HardwareBitmapUploader.cpp
@@ -378,10 +378,17 @@
             break;
         case kAlpha_8_SkColorType:
             formatInfo.isSupported = HardwareBitmapUploader::hasAlpha8Support();
-            formatInfo.bufferFormat = AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
-            formatInfo.format = GL_RED;
-            formatInfo.type = GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
-            formatInfo.vkFormat = VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
+            if (formatInfo.isSupported) {
+                formatInfo.bufferFormat = AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
+                formatInfo.format = GL_RED;
+                formatInfo.type = GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
+                formatInfo.vkFormat = VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
+            } else {
+                formatInfo.type = GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
+                formatInfo.bufferFormat = AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
+                formatInfo.vkFormat = VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
+                formatInfo.format = GL_RGBA;
+            }
             break;
         default:
             ALOGW("unable to create hardware bitmap of colortype: %d", skBitmap.info().colorType());
diff --git a/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp b/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp
index 8344a86..1854361 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp
@@ -147,11 +147,7 @@
 }
 
 sk_sp<Bitmap> Bitmap::allocateHardwareBitmap(const SkBitmap& bitmap) {
-#ifdef __ANDROID__ // Layoutlib does not support hardware acceleration
-    if (bitmap.colorType() == kAlpha_8_SkColorType &&
-        !uirenderer::HardwareBitmapUploader::hasAlpha8Support()) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
+#ifdef __ANDROID__  // Layoutlib does not support hardware acceleration
     return uirenderer::HardwareBitmapUploader::allocateHardwareBitmap(bitmap);
 #else
     return Bitmap::allocateHeapBitmap(bitmap.info());