diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
index 721e953..ce0222c 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@
     writeOutputIndependentPerFrameStateToHWC(hwcLayer.get(), outputIndependentState);
 
     writeCompositionTypeToHWC(hwcLayer.get(), requestedCompositionType);
+
+    // Always set the layer color after setting the composition type.
+    writeSolidColorStateToHWC(hwcLayer.get(), outputIndependentState);
 }
 
 void OutputLayer::writeOutputDependentGeometryStateToHWC(
@@ -435,7 +438,7 @@
     // Content-specific per-frame state
     switch (outputIndependentState.compositionType) {
         case Hwc2::IComposerClient::Composition::SOLID_COLOR:
-            writeSolidColorStateToHWC(hwcLayer, outputIndependentState);
+            // For compatibility, should be written AFTER the composition type.
             break;
         case Hwc2::IComposerClient::Composition::SIDEBAND:
             writeSidebandStateToHWC(hwcLayer, outputIndependentState);
@@ -453,6 +456,10 @@
 
 void OutputLayer::writeSolidColorStateToHWC(HWC2::Layer* hwcLayer,
                                             const LayerFECompositionState& outputIndependentState) {
+    if (outputIndependentState.compositionType != Hwc2::IComposerClient::Composition::SOLID_COLOR) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     hwc_color_t color = {static_cast<uint8_t>(std::round(255.0f * outputIndependentState.color.r)),
                          static_cast<uint8_t>(std::round(255.0f * outputIndependentState.color.g)),
                          static_cast<uint8_t>(std::round(255.0f * outputIndependentState.color.b)),
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp
index a338784..88acd04 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 namespace {
 
 using testing::_;
+using testing::InSequence;
 using testing::Return;
 using testing::ReturnRef;
 using testing::StrictMock;
@@ -769,8 +770,13 @@
     mLayerFEState.compositionType = Hwc2::IComposerClient::Composition::SOLID_COLOR;
 
     expectPerFrameCommonCalls();
-    expectSetColorCall();
+
+    // Setting the composition type should happen before setting the color. We
+    // check this in this test only by setting up an testing::InSeqeuence
+    // instance before setting up the two expectations.
+    InSequence s;
     expectSetCompositionTypeCall(Hwc2::IComposerClient::Composition::SOLID_COLOR);
+    expectSetColorCall();
 
     mOutputLayer.writeStateToHWC(false);
 }