diff --git a/libs/hwui/DamageAccumulator.cpp b/libs/hwui/DamageAccumulator.cpp
index a8d170d..f4d6b8c 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DamageAccumulator.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DamageAccumulator.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
     }
 
     // Perform clipping
-    if (props.getClipDamageToBounds() && !frame->pendingDirty.isEmpty()) {
+    if (props.getClipDamageToBounds()) {
         if (!frame->pendingDirty.intersect(SkRect::MakeIWH(props.getWidth(), props.getHeight()))) {
             frame->pendingDirty.setEmpty();
         }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
index f690783..bbbb0ca 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@
 
     if (dirty->isEmpty()) {
         dirty->setIWH(frame.width(), frame.height());
+        return *dirty;
     }
 
     // At this point dirty is the area of the window to update. However,