diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/libs/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 2894bf0..07222ec 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@
                 this, index, w, h, strerror(-err));
     } else {
         LOGD_IF(DEBUG_RESIZE,
-                "Layer::requestBuffer(this=%p), index=%d, w=%d, h=%d",
-                this, index, w, h);
+                "Layer::requestBuffer(this=%p), index=%d, w=%d, h=%d, handle=%p",
+                this, index, w, h, buffer->handle);
     }
 
     if (err == NO_ERROR && buffer->handle != 0) {
@@ -318,22 +318,18 @@
     const Layer::State& front(drawingState());
     const Layer::State& temp(currentState());
 
-    // Index of the back buffer
-    const bool backbufferChanged = (front.w != temp.w) || (front.h != temp.h);
-    if (backbufferChanged) {
+    if ((front.requested_w != temp.requested_w) || 
+        (front.requested_h != temp.requested_h)) {
         // the size changed, we need to ask our client to request a new buffer
         LOGD_IF(DEBUG_RESIZE,
                     "resize (layer=%p), requested (%dx%d), "
                     "drawing (%d,%d), (%dx%d), (%dx%d)",
-                    this, int(temp.w), int(temp.h),
-                    int(drawingState().w), int(drawingState().h),
+                    this, 
+                    int(temp.requested_w), int(temp.requested_h),
+                    int(front.requested_w), int(front.requested_h),
                     int(mBuffers[0]->getWidth()), int(mBuffers[0]->getHeight()),
                     int(mBuffers[1]->getWidth()), int(mBuffers[1]->getHeight()));
 
-        // record the new size, form this point on, when the client request a
-        // buffer, it'll get the new size.
-        setDrawingSize(temp.w, temp.h);
-
         // we're being resized and there is a freeze display request,
         // acquire a freeze lock, so that the screen stays put
         // until we've redrawn at the new size; this is to avoid
@@ -346,9 +342,16 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // recompute the visible region
-        flags |= Layer::eVisibleRegion;
-        this->contentDirty = true;
+        // this will make sure LayerBase::doTransaction doesn't update
+        // the drawing state's size
+        Layer::State& editDraw(mDrawingState);
+        editDraw.requested_w = temp.requested_w;
+        editDraw.requested_h = temp.requested_h;
+
+        // record the new size, form this point on, when the client request a
+        // buffer, it'll get the new size.
+        setDrawingSize(temp.requested_w, temp.requested_h);
+
         // all buffers need reallocation
         lcblk->reallocate();
     }
@@ -392,11 +395,35 @@
     const Region dirty(lcblk->getDirtyRegion(buf));
     mPostedDirtyRegion = dirty.intersect( newFrontBuffer->getBounds() );
 
-
     const Layer::State& front(drawingState());
-    if (newFrontBuffer->getWidth() == front.w &&
-        newFrontBuffer->getHeight() ==front.h) {
-        mFreezeLock.clear();
+    if (newFrontBuffer->getWidth()  == front.requested_w &&
+        newFrontBuffer->getHeight() == front.requested_h)
+    {
+        if ((front.w != front.requested_w) ||
+            (front.h != front.requested_h))
+        {
+            // Here we pretend the transaction happened by updating the
+            // current and drawing states. Drawing state is only accessed
+            // in this thread, no need to have it locked
+            Layer::State& editDraw(mDrawingState);
+            editDraw.w = editDraw.requested_w;
+            editDraw.h = editDraw.requested_h;
+
+            // We also need to update the current state so that we don't
+            // end-up doing too much work during the next transaction.
+            // NOTE: We actually don't need hold the transaction lock here
+            // because State::w and State::h are only accessed from
+            // this thread
+            Layer::State& editTemp(currentState());
+            editTemp.w = editDraw.w;
+            editTemp.h = editDraw.h;
+
+            // recompute visible region
+            recomputeVisibleRegions = true;
+
+            // we now have the correct size, unfreeze the screen
+            mFreezeLock.clear();
+        }
     }
 
     // FIXME: signal an event if we have more buffers waiting
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp b/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp
index 7692d0f..d83c842 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp
@@ -83,26 +83,22 @@
     if (flags & ISurfaceComposer::eNonPremultiplied)
         mPremultipliedAlpha = false;
 
-    mCurrentState.z         = 0;
-    mCurrentState.w         = w;
-    mCurrentState.h         = h;
-    mCurrentState.alpha     = 0xFF;
-    mCurrentState.flags     = layerFlags;
-    mCurrentState.sequence  = 0;
+    mCurrentState.z             = 0;
+    mCurrentState.w             = w;
+    mCurrentState.h             = h;
+    mCurrentState.requested_w   = w;
+    mCurrentState.requested_h   = h;
+    mCurrentState.alpha         = 0xFF;
+    mCurrentState.flags         = layerFlags;
+    mCurrentState.sequence      = 0;
     mCurrentState.transform.set(0, 0);
 
     // drawing state & current state are identical
     mDrawingState = mCurrentState;
 }
 
-void LayerBase::commitTransaction(bool skipSize) {
-    const uint32_t w = mDrawingState.w;
-    const uint32_t h = mDrawingState.h;
+void LayerBase::commitTransaction() {
     mDrawingState = mCurrentState;
-    if (skipSize) {
-        mDrawingState.w = w;
-        mDrawingState.h = h;
-    }
 }
 void LayerBase::forceVisibilityTransaction() {
     // this can be called without SurfaceFlinger.mStateLock, but if we
@@ -138,10 +134,10 @@
     return true;
 }
 bool LayerBase::setSize(uint32_t w, uint32_t h) {
-    if (mCurrentState.w == w && mCurrentState.h == h)
+    if (mCurrentState.requested_w == w && mCurrentState.requested_h == h)
         return false;
-    mCurrentState.w = w;
-    mCurrentState.h = h;
+    mCurrentState.requested_w = w;
+    mCurrentState.requested_h = h;
     requestTransaction();
     return true;
 }
@@ -198,13 +194,25 @@
     const Layer::State& front(drawingState());
     const Layer::State& temp(currentState());
 
-    if (temp.sequence != front.sequence) {
+    if ((front.requested_w != temp.requested_w) ||
+        (front.requested_h != temp.requested_h))  {
+        // resize the layer, set the physical size to the requested size
+        Layer::State& editTemp(currentState());
+        editTemp.w = temp.requested_w;
+        editTemp.h = temp.requested_h;
+    }
+
+    if ((front.w != temp.w) || (front.h != temp.h)) {
         // invalidate and recompute the visible regions if needed
-        flags |= eVisibleRegion;
+        flags |= Layer::eVisibleRegion;
         this->contentDirty = true;
     }
 
     if (temp.sequence != front.sequence) {
+        // invalidate and recompute the visible regions if needed
+        flags |= eVisibleRegion;
+        this->contentDirty = true;
+
         const bool linearFiltering = mUseLinearFiltering;
         mUseLinearFiltering = false;
         if (!(mFlags & DisplayHardware::SLOW_CONFIG)) {
@@ -217,7 +225,7 @@
     }
 
     // Commit the transaction
-    commitTransaction(flags & eRestartTransaction);
+    commitTransaction();
     return flags;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.h b/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.h
index 233737d..16ee542 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.h
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
             struct State {
                 uint32_t        w;
                 uint32_t        h;
+                uint32_t        requested_w;
+                uint32_t        requested_h;
                 uint32_t        z;
                 uint8_t         alpha;
                 uint8_t         flags;
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@
             bool setTransparentRegionHint(const Region& opaque);
             bool setFlags(uint8_t flags, uint8_t mask);
             
-            void commitTransaction(bool skipSize);
+            void commitTransaction();
             bool requestTransaction();
             void forceVisibilityTransaction();
             
@@ -211,7 +213,6 @@
     
     enum { // flags for doTransaction()
         eVisibleRegion      = 0x00000002,
-        eRestartTransaction = 0x00000008
     };
 
 
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 4ee176c..e468b23 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -594,12 +594,6 @@
             const uint32_t flags = layer->doTransaction(0);
             if (flags & Layer::eVisibleRegion)
                 mVisibleRegionsDirty = true;
-
-            if (flags & Layer::eRestartTransaction) {
-                // restart the transaction, but back-off a little
-                layer->setTransactionFlags(eTransactionNeeded);
-                setTransactionFlags(eTraversalNeeded, ms2ns(8));
-            }
         }
     }