diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h
index dc6eab4..fdcd6ab 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     size_t getDisplayCost() const;
 
     bool hasBufferUpdate() const;
+    bool hasRenderedBuffer() const { return mTexture != nullptr; }
     bool hasReadyBuffer() const;
 
     // Decomposes this CachedSet into a vector of its layers as individual CachedSets
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
index 294ec4b..fdd73af 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 void Flattener::renderCachedSets(renderengine::RenderEngine& renderEngine,
                                  const OutputCompositionState& outputState) {
-    if (!mNewCachedSet) {
+    if (!mNewCachedSet || mNewCachedSet->hasRenderedBuffer()) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    // Don't try to build a new cached set if we already have a new one in progress
+    if (mNewCachedSet) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     std::vector<Run> runs = findCandidateRuns(now);
 
     std::optional<Run> bestRun = findBestRun(runs);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/CachedSetTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/CachedSetTest.cpp
index 488f64d..8f44677 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/CachedSetTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/CachedSetTest.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
     EXPECT_NE(nullptr, cachedSet.getBuffer());
     EXPECT_NE(nullptr, cachedSet.getDrawFence());
     EXPECT_TRUE(cachedSet.hasReadyBuffer());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(cachedSet.hasRenderedBuffer());
 }
 
 TEST_F(CachedSetTest, createFromLayer) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp
index 42096f3..7ec2c98 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp
@@ -786,5 +786,45 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(overrideBuffer3, overrideBuffer4);
 }
 
+TEST_F(FlattenerTest, flattenLayers_renderCachedSets_doesNotRenderTwice) {
+    auto& layerState1 = mTestLayers[0]->layerState;
+    auto& layerState2 = mTestLayers[1]->layerState;
+    const auto& overrideBuffer1 = layerState1->getOutputLayer()->getState().overrideInfo.buffer;
+    const auto& overrideBuffer2 = layerState2->getOutputLayer()->getState().overrideInfo.buffer;
+
+    const std::vector<const LayerState*> layers = {
+            layerState1.get(),
+            layerState2.get(),
+    };
+
+    initializeFlattener(layers);
+
+    // Mark the layers inactive
+    mTime += 200ms;
+    // layers would be flattened but the buffer would not be overridden
+    EXPECT_CALL(mRenderEngine, drawLayers(_, _, _, _, _, _)).WillOnce(Return(NO_ERROR));
+
+    initializeOverrideBuffer(layers);
+    EXPECT_EQ(getNonBufferHash(layers),
+              mFlattener->flattenLayers(layers, getNonBufferHash(layers), mTime));
+    mFlattener->renderCachedSets(mRenderEngine, mOutputState);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, overrideBuffer1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, overrideBuffer2);
+
+    // Simulate attempting to render prior to merging the new cached set with the layer stack.
+    // Here we should not try to re-render.
+    EXPECT_CALL(mRenderEngine, drawLayers(_, _, _, _, _, _)).Times(0);
+    mFlattener->renderCachedSets(mRenderEngine, mOutputState);
+
+    // We provide the override buffer now that it's rendered
+    EXPECT_NE(getNonBufferHash(layers),
+              mFlattener->flattenLayers(layers, getNonBufferHash(layers), mTime));
+    mFlattener->renderCachedSets(mRenderEngine, mOutputState);
+
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, overrideBuffer1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(overrideBuffer2, overrideBuffer1);
+}
+
 } // namespace
 } // namespace android::compositionengine