diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp
index 1bb7a85..2d6f79c 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 
     if (!blackOutLayer) {
         // TODO: we could be more subtle with isFixedSize()
-        const bool useFiltering = getFiltering() || needsFiltering(renderArea) || isFixedSize();
+        const bool useFiltering = needsFiltering(renderArea) || isFixedSize();
 
         // Query the texture matrix given our current filtering mode.
         float textureMatrix[16];