diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/EffectLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/EffectLayer.cpp
index e8c590e..44e45f4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/EffectLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/EffectLayer.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 }
 
 bool EffectLayer::isVisible() const {
-    return !isHiddenByPolicy() && (getAlpha() > 0.0_hf || hasBlur()) && hasSomethingToDraw();
+    return hasSomethingToDraw() && !isHiddenByPolicy() && (getAlpha() > 0.0_hf || hasBlur());
 }
 
 bool EffectLayer::setColor(const half3& color) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 0091f03..d68f287 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -1945,8 +1945,11 @@
 }
 
 int32_t Layer::getBackgroundBlurRadius() const {
-    const auto& p = mDrawingParent.promote();
+    if (getDrawingState().backgroundBlurRadius == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
 
+    const auto& p = mDrawingParent.promote();
     half parentAlpha = (p != nullptr) ? p->getAlpha() : 1.0_hf;
     return parentAlpha * getDrawingState().backgroundBlurRadius;
 }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 215f083..569caa6 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -4623,12 +4623,12 @@
                                         pendingBufferCounter);
             }
         } break;
+        case ISurfaceComposerClient::eFXSurfaceContainer:
+            args.flags |= ISurfaceComposerClient::eNoColorFill;
+            FMT_FALLTHROUGH;
         case ISurfaceComposerClient::eFXSurfaceEffect:
             result = createEffectLayer(args, outHandle, &layer);
             break;
-        case ISurfaceComposerClient::eFXSurfaceContainer:
-            result = createContainerLayer(args, outHandle, &layer);
-            break;
         default:
             result = BAD_VALUE;
             break;