diff --git a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp
index 44a6e43..4e7471d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp
@@ -207,12 +207,16 @@
 
 void SkiaPipeline::prepareToDraw(const RenderThread& thread, Bitmap* bitmap) {
     GrDirectContext* context = thread.getGrContext();
-    if (context) {
+    if (context && !bitmap->isHardware()) {
         ATRACE_FORMAT("Bitmap#prepareToDraw %dx%d", bitmap->width(), bitmap->height());
         auto image = bitmap->makeImage();
-        if (image.get() && !bitmap->isHardware()) {
+        if (image.get()) {
             SkImage_pinAsTexture(image.get(), context);
             SkImage_unpinAsTexture(image.get(), context);
+            // A submit is necessary as there may not be a frame coming soon, so without a call
+            // to submit these texture uploads can just sit in the queue building up until
+            // we run out of RAM
+            context->flushAndSubmit();
         }
     }
 }