diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayerConsumer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayerConsumer.cpp
index 16c3254..f577020 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayerConsumer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayerConsumer.cpp
@@ -292,19 +292,6 @@
 
     int slot = item.mSlot;
 
-    // Ensure we have a valid EglImageKHR for the slot, creating an EglImage
-    // if nessessary, for the gralloc buffer currently in the slot in
-    // ConsumerBase.
-    // We may have to do this even when item.mGraphicBuffer == NULL (which
-    // means the buffer was previously acquired).
-    const Rect& imageCrop = canUseImageCrop(item.mCrop) ? item.mCrop : Rect::EMPTY_RECT;
-    err = mImages[slot]->createIfNeeded(imageCrop);
-    if (err != NO_ERROR) {
-        BLC_LOGW("updateAndRelease: unable to createImage on slot=%d", slot);
-        releaseBufferLocked(slot, mSlots[slot].mGraphicBuffer);
-        return UNKNOWN_ERROR;
-    }
-
     // Do whatever sync ops we need to do before releasing the old slot.
     if (slot != mCurrentTexture) {
         err = syncForReleaseLocked();