diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 7696758..2858b7b 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -2330,6 +2330,14 @@
     auto nativeWindow = nativeWindowSurface->getNativeWindow();
     creationArgs.nativeWindow = nativeWindow;
 
+    /*
+     * Create our display's surface
+     */
+    std::unique_ptr<renderengine::Surface> renderSurface = getRenderEngine().createSurface();
+    renderSurface->setCritical(isInternalDisplay);
+    renderSurface->setAsync(state.isVirtual());
+    creationArgs.renderSurface = std::move(renderSurface);
+
     // Make sure that composition can never be stalled by a virtual display
     // consumer that isn't processing buffers fast enough. We have to do this
     // here, in case the display is composed entirely by HWC.