diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputLayerCompositionState.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputLayerCompositionState.h
index 4c065ec..48a54d6 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputLayerCompositionState.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputLayerCompositionState.h
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
         // The buffer cache for this layer. This is used to lower the
         // cost of sending reused buffers to the HWC.
         HwcBufferCache hwcBufferCache;
+
+        // Set to true when overridden info has been sent to HW composer
+        bool stateOverridden = false;
     };
 
     // The HWC state is optional, and is only set up if there is any potential
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
index aed3be9..e42be17 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
@@ -722,10 +722,7 @@
             previousOverride = layer->getState().overrideInfo.buffer;
         }
 
-        // TODO(b/181172795): We now update geometry for all flattened layers. We should update it
-        // only when the geometry actually changes
-        const bool includeGeometry = refreshArgs.updatingGeometryThisFrame ||
-                layer->getState().overrideInfo.buffer != nullptr || skipLayer;
+        const bool includeGeometry = refreshArgs.updatingGeometryThisFrame;
         layer->writeStateToHWC(includeGeometry, skipLayer);
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
index 3f36a8f..f640f85 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,11 @@
 
     auto requestedCompositionType = outputIndependentState->compositionType;
 
-    if (includeGeometry) {
+    // TODO(b/181172795): We now update geometry for all flattened layers. We should update it
+    // only when the geometry actually changes
+    const bool isOverridden = state.overrideInfo.buffer != nullptr;
+    const bool prevOverridden = state.hwc->stateOverridden;
+    if (isOverridden || prevOverridden || skipLayer || includeGeometry) {
         writeOutputDependentGeometryStateToHWC(hwcLayer.get(), requestedCompositionType);
         writeOutputIndependentGeometryStateToHWC(hwcLayer.get(), *outputIndependentState,
                                                  skipLayer);
@@ -346,6 +350,8 @@
 
     // Always set the layer color after setting the composition type.
     writeSolidColorStateToHWC(hwcLayer.get(), *outputIndependentState);
+
+    editState().hwc->stateOverridden = isOverridden;
 }
 
 void OutputLayer::writeOutputDependentGeometryStateToHWC(