diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
index 025be7b..ab9d0b2 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 }
 
 void CanvasContext::allocateBuffers() {
-    if (mNativeSurface) {
+    if (mNativeSurface && Properties::isDrawingEnabled()) {
         ANativeWindow_tryAllocateBuffers(mNativeSurface->getNativeWindow());
     }
 }
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@
     SkRect dirty;
     mDamageAccumulator.finish(&dirty);
 
-    if (dirty.isEmpty() && Properties::skipEmptyFrames && !surfaceRequiresRedraw()) {
+    if (!Properties::isDrawingEnabled() ||
+        (dirty.isEmpty() && Properties::skipEmptyFrames && !surfaceRequiresRedraw())) {
         mCurrentFrameInfo->addFlag(FrameInfoFlags::SkippedFrame);
         // Notify the callbacks, even if there's nothing to draw so they aren't waiting
         // indefinitely
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h
index 6dbfcc3..2fed468 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h
@@ -90,9 +90,17 @@
      *         and false otherwise (e.g. cache limits have been exceeded).
      */
     bool pinImages(std::vector<SkImage*>& mutableImages) {
+        if (!Properties::isDrawingEnabled()) {
+            return true;
+        }
         return mRenderPipeline->pinImages(mutableImages);
     }
-    bool pinImages(LsaVector<sk_sp<Bitmap>>& images) { return mRenderPipeline->pinImages(images); }
+    bool pinImages(LsaVector<sk_sp<Bitmap>>& images) {
+        if (!Properties::isDrawingEnabled()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return mRenderPipeline->pinImages(images);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Unpin any image that had be previously pinned to the GPU cache