diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 1ef381c..d8b920e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -863,30 +863,32 @@
         ALOGE("Run StartPropertySetThread failed!");
     }
 
-    if (mTransactionTracing) {
-        TransactionTraceWriter::getInstance().setWriterFunction([&](const std::string& prefix,
-                                                                    bool overwrite) {
-            auto writeFn = [&]() {
-                const std::string filename =
-                        TransactionTracing::DIR_NAME + prefix + TransactionTracing::FILE_NAME;
-                if (!overwrite && access(filename.c_str(), F_OK) == 0) {
-                    ALOGD("TransactionTraceWriter: file=%s already exists", filename.c_str());
-                    return;
-                }
-                mTransactionTracing->flush();
-                mTransactionTracing->writeToFile(filename);
-            };
-            if (std::this_thread::get_id() == mMainThreadId) {
-                writeFn();
-            } else {
-                mScheduler->schedule(writeFn).get();
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
+    initTransactionTraceWriter();
     ALOGV("Done initializing");
 }
 
+void SurfaceFlinger::initTransactionTraceWriter() {
+    if (!mTransactionTracing) {
+        return;
+    }
+    TransactionTraceWriter::getInstance().setWriterFunction(
+            [&](const std::string& filename, bool overwrite) {
+                auto writeFn = [&]() {
+                    if (!overwrite && access(filename.c_str(), F_OK) == 0) {
+                        ALOGD("TransactionTraceWriter: file=%s already exists", filename.c_str());
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    mTransactionTracing->flush();
+                    mTransactionTracing->writeToFile(filename);
+                };
+                if (std::this_thread::get_id() == mMainThreadId) {
+                    writeFn();
+                } else {
+                    mScheduler->schedule(writeFn).get();
+                }
+            });
+}
+
 void SurfaceFlinger::readPersistentProperties() {
     Mutex::Autolock _l(mStateLock);