diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrameTimeline/FrameTimeline.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrameTimeline/FrameTimeline.cpp
index 27a099c..925f111 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrameTimeline/FrameTimeline.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrameTimeline/FrameTimeline.cpp
@@ -1095,6 +1095,12 @@
 }
 
 void FrameTimeline::DisplayFrame::trace(pid_t surfaceFlingerPid, nsecs_t monoBootOffset) const {
+    if (mSurfaceFrames.empty()) {
+        // We don't want to trace display frames without any surface frames updates as this cannot
+        // be janky
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (mToken == FrameTimelineInfo::INVALID_VSYNC_ID) {
         // DisplayFrame should not have an invalid token.
         ALOGE("Cannot trace DisplayFrame with invalid token");