diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
index 6de98f5..47f5eba 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
 
 void BufferQueue::createBufferQueue(sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* outProducer,
         sp<IGraphicBufferConsumer>* outConsumer,
-        const sp<IGraphicBufferAlloc>& allocator) {
+        const sp<IGraphicBufferAlloc>& allocator,
+        bool consumerIsSurfaceFlinger) {
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(outProducer == NULL,
             "BufferQueue: outProducer must not be NULL");
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(outConsumer == NULL,
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(core == NULL,
             "BufferQueue: failed to create BufferQueueCore");
 
-    sp<IGraphicBufferProducer> producer(new BufferQueueProducer(core));
+    sp<IGraphicBufferProducer> producer(new BufferQueueProducer(core, consumerIsSurfaceFlinger));
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(producer == NULL,
             "BufferQueue: failed to create BufferQueueProducer");
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp
index fc9d29f..3411dca 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
-BufferQueueProducer::BufferQueueProducer(const sp<BufferQueueCore>& core) :
+BufferQueueProducer::BufferQueueProducer(const sp<BufferQueueCore>& core,
+        bool consumerIsSurfaceFlinger) :
     mCore(core),
     mSlots(core->mSlots),
     mConsumerName(),
     mStickyTransform(0),
+    mConsumerIsSurfaceFlinger(consumerIsSurfaceFlinger),
     mLastQueueBufferFence(Fence::NO_FENCE),
     mLastQueuedTransform(0),
     mCallbackMutex(),
@@ -913,9 +915,14 @@
         VALIDATE_CONSISTENCY();
     } // Autolock scope
 
-    // Don't send the GraphicBuffer through the callback, and don't send
-    // the slot number, since the consumer shouldn't need it
-    item.mGraphicBuffer.clear();
+    // It is okay not to clear the GraphicBuffer when the consumer is SurfaceFlinger because
+    // it is guaranteed that the BufferQueue is inside SurfaceFlinger's process and
+    // there will be no Binder call
+    if (!mConsumerIsSurfaceFlinger) {
+        item.mGraphicBuffer.clear();
+    }
+
+    // Don't send the slot number through the callback since the consumer shouldn't need it
     item.mSlot = BufferItem::INVALID_BUFFER_SLOT;
 
     // Call back without the main BufferQueue lock held, but with the callback