diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 83a46ae..2a18521 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -3499,6 +3499,12 @@
     return mSnapshot.get();
 }
 
+sp<LayerFE> Layer::copyCompositionEngineLayerFE() const {
+    auto result = mFlinger->getFactory().createLayerFE(mLayerFE->getDebugName());
+    result->mSnapshot = std::make_unique<LayerSnapshot>(*mSnapshot);
+    return result;
+}
+
 void Layer::useSurfaceDamage() {
     if (mFlinger->mForceFullDamage) {
         surfaceDamageRegion = Region::INVALID_REGION;