diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
index 7a63af0..6642ec6 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
@@ -1495,6 +1495,18 @@
     s->bufferData = std::move(bufferData);
     registerSurfaceControlForCallback(sc);
 
+    // With the current infrastructure, a release callback will not be invoked if there's no
+    // transaction callback in the case when a buffer is latched and not released early. This is
+    // because the legacy implementation didn't have a release callback and sent releases in the
+    // transaction callback. Because of this, we need to make sure to have a transaction callback
+    // set up when a buffer is sent in a transaction to ensure the caller gets the release
+    // callback, regardless if they set up a transaction callback.
+    //
+    // TODO (b/230380821): Remove when release callbacks are separated from transaction callbacks
+    addTransactionCompletedCallback([](void*, nsecs_t, const sp<Fence>&,
+                                       const std::vector<SurfaceControlStats>&) {},
+                                    nullptr);
+
     mContainsBuffer = true;
     return *this;
 }