diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
index 939a209..c40cad3 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@
                 windowType, ownerUid, &handle, &gbp);
         ALOGE_IF(err, "SurfaceComposerClient::createSurface error %s", strerror(-err));
         if (err == NO_ERROR) {
-            sur = new SurfaceControl(this, handle, gbp);
+            sur = new SurfaceControl(this, handle, gbp, true /* owned */);
         }
     }
     return sur;