diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
index 800137b..0d0f98d 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger,
         DisplayType type,
         int32_t hwcId,
+        int format,
         bool isSecure,
         const wp<IBinder>& displayToken,
         const sp<DisplaySurface>& displaySurface,
@@ -76,9 +77,6 @@
     mNativeWindow = new Surface(producer, false);
     ANativeWindow* const window = mNativeWindow.get();
 
-    int format;
-    window->query(window, NATIVE_WINDOW_FORMAT, &format);
-
     // 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
     // in two places:
@@ -96,6 +94,9 @@
     EGLSurface surface;
     EGLint w, h;
     EGLDisplay display = eglGetDisplay(EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
+    if (config == EGL_NO_CONFIG) {
+        config = RenderEngine::chooseEglConfig(display, format);
+    }
     surface = eglCreateWindowSurface(display, config, window, NULL);
     eglQuerySurface(display, surface, EGL_WIDTH,  &mDisplayWidth);
     eglQuerySurface(display, surface, EGL_HEIGHT, &mDisplayHeight);