diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h
index 2e7a377..e65aa73 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/CachedSet.h
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@
 
     bool hasProtectedLayers() const;
 
+    bool hasSolidColorLayers() const;
+
 private:
     CachedSet() = default;
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/LayerState.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/LayerState.h
index 29d3366..5aec7c2 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/LayerState.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/planner/LayerState.h
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@
     bool isProtected() const {
         return getOutputLayer()->getLayerFE().getCompositionState()->hasProtectedContent;
     }
+
+    bool hasSolidColorCompositionType() const {
+        return getOutputLayer()->getLayerFE().getCompositionState()->compositionType ==
+                aidl::android::hardware::graphics::composer3::Composition::SOLID_COLOR;
+    }
+
     float getFps() const { return getOutputLayer()->getLayerFE().getCompositionState()->fps; }
 
     void dump(std::string& result) const;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
index 742af58..1bb9d0eb 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@
     auto requestedCompositionType = outputIndependentState->compositionType;
 
     if (requestedCompositionType == Composition::SOLID_COLOR && state.overrideInfo.buffer) {
+        // this should never happen, as SOLID_COLOR is skipped from caching, b/230073351
         requestedCompositionType = Composition::DEVICE;
     }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp
index d15b0a7..641b806 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp
@@ -388,6 +388,12 @@
                        [](const Layer& layer) { return layer.getState()->isProtected(); });
 }
 
+bool CachedSet::hasSolidColorLayers() const {
+    return std::any_of(mLayers.cbegin(), mLayers.cend(), [](const Layer& layer) {
+        return layer.getState()->hasSolidColorCompositionType();
+    });
+}
+
 void CachedSet::dump(std::string& result) const {
     const auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
index 250f648..1062b70 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
@@ -498,6 +498,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    for (const CachedSet& layer : mLayers) {
+        if (layer.hasSolidColorLayers()) {
+            ATRACE_NAME("layer->hasSolidColorLayers()");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     std::vector<Run> runs = findCandidateRuns(now);
 
     std::optional<Run> bestRun = findBestRun(runs);