diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 6617ea2..815a6f9 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 
 void Layer::setAcquireFence(HWComposer::HWCLayerInterface& layer) {
     int fenceFd = -1;
-    if (mNeedHwcFence) {
+    if (mNeedHwcFence && (layer.getCompositionType() == HWC_OVERLAY)) {
         sp<Fence> fence = mSurfaceTexture->getCurrentFence();
         if (fence.get()) {
             fenceFd = fence->dup();