diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 45cac6f..2237ee1 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -1116,9 +1116,14 @@
 
 void SurfaceFlinger::resyncWithRateLimit() {
     static constexpr nsecs_t kIgnoreDelay = ms2ns(500);
-    if (systemTime() - mLastSwapTime > kIgnoreDelay) {
+
+    // No explicit locking is needed here since EventThread holds a lock while calling this method
+    static nsecs_t sLastResyncAttempted = 0;
+    const nsecs_t now = systemTime();
+    if (now - sLastResyncAttempted > kIgnoreDelay) {
         resyncToHardwareVsync(false);
     }
+    sLastResyncAttempted = now;
 }
 
 void SurfaceFlinger::onVSyncReceived(HWComposer* composer, int32_t type,