diff --git a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
index c62d9ad..c2ec0fe 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     mBufferItemConsumer->setFrameAvailableListener(this);
     mBufferItemConsumer->setBufferFreedListener(this);
     mBufferItemConsumer->setDefaultBufferSize(mSize.width, mSize.height);
-    mBufferItemConsumer->setDefaultBufferFormat(format);
+    mBufferItemConsumer->setDefaultBufferFormat(convertBufferFormat(format));
 
     mTransformHint = mSurfaceControl->getTransformHint();
     mBufferItemConsumer->setTransformHint(mTransformHint);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     std::unique_lock _lock{mMutex};
     if (mFormat != format) {
         mFormat = format;
-        mBufferItemConsumer->setDefaultBufferFormat(format);
+        mBufferItemConsumer->setDefaultBufferFormat(convertBufferFormat(format));
     }
 
     SurfaceComposerClient::Transaction t;
@@ -683,4 +683,18 @@
     *outConsumer = consumer;
 }
 
+PixelFormat BLASTBufferQueue::convertBufferFormat(PixelFormat& format) {
+    PixelFormat convertedFormat = format;
+    switch (format) {
+        case PIXEL_FORMAT_TRANSPARENT:
+        case PIXEL_FORMAT_TRANSLUCENT:
+            convertedFormat = PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888;
+            break;
+        case PIXEL_FORMAT_OPAQUE:
+            convertedFormat = PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBX_8888;
+            break;
+    }
+    return convertedFormat;
+}
+
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.h
index fa3efe1..bccb71b 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     // Return true if we need to reject the buffer based on the scaling mode and the buffer size.
     bool rejectBuffer(const BufferItem& item) REQUIRES(mMutex);
     bool maxBuffersAcquired(bool includeExtraAcquire) const REQUIRES(mMutex);
+    static PixelFormat convertBufferFormat(PixelFormat& format);
 
     std::string mName;
     sp<SurfaceControl> mSurfaceControl;