diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index ad91183..8995e91 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@
 
 bool SurfaceFlinger::transactionFlushNeeded() {
     Mutex::Autolock _l(mQueueLock);
-    return !mPendingTransactionQueues.empty();
+    return !mPendingTransactionQueues.empty() || !mTransactionQueue.empty();
 }
 
 bool SurfaceFlinger::transactionIsReadyToBeApplied(