diff --git a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
index 2970116..ac8feaa 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
@@ -197,15 +197,18 @@
     }
 
     SurfaceComposerClient::Transaction t;
+    const bool setBackpressureFlag = !SurfaceControl::isSameSurface(mSurfaceControl, surface);
     bool applyTransaction = false;
-    if (!SurfaceControl::isSameSurface(mSurfaceControl, surface)) {
-        mSurfaceControl = surface;
-        t.setFlags(mSurfaceControl, layer_state_t::eEnableBackpressure,
-                   layer_state_t::eEnableBackpressure);
-        applyTransaction = true;
-    }
 
+    // Always update the native object even though they might have the same layer handle, so we can
+    // get the updated transform hint from WM.
+    mSurfaceControl = surface;
     if (mSurfaceControl != nullptr) {
+        if (setBackpressureFlag) {
+            t.setFlags(mSurfaceControl, layer_state_t::eEnableBackpressure,
+                       layer_state_t::eEnableBackpressure);
+            applyTransaction = true;
+        }
         mTransformHint = mSurfaceControl->getTransformHint();
         mBufferItemConsumer->setTransformHint(mTransformHint);
     }
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@
             // We only need to update the scale if we've received at least one buffer. The reason
             // for this is the scale is calculated based on the requested size and buffer size.
             // If there's no buffer, the scale will always be 1.
-            if (mLastBufferInfo.hasBuffer) {
+            if (mSurfaceControl != nullptr && mLastBufferInfo.hasBuffer) {
                 t.setDestinationFrame(mSurfaceControl,
                                       Rect(0, 0, newSize.getWidth(), newSize.getHeight()));
             }