diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp b/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp
index 8b9a842..5a93b2d 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/LayerBase.cpp
@@ -393,14 +393,6 @@
     
     glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
 
-    // Dithering...
-    bool fast = !(mFlags & DisplayHardware::SLOW_CONFIG);
-    if (fast || s.flags & ISurfaceComposer::eLayerDither) {
-        glEnable(GL_DITHER);
-    } else {
-        glDisable(GL_DITHER);
-    }
-
     if (UNLIKELY(s.alpha < 0xFF)) {
         // We have an alpha-modulation. We need to modulate all
         // texture components by alpha because we're always using 
@@ -516,6 +508,12 @@
         glTexParameterx(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
         glTexParameterx(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
     }
+
+    if (needsDithering()) {
+        glEnable(GL_DITHER);
+    } else {
+        glDisable(GL_DITHER);
+    }
 }
 
 void LayerBase::loadTexture(Texture* texture, GLint textureName,