diff --git a/services/gpuservice/gpustats/GpuStats.cpp b/services/gpuservice/gpustats/GpuStats.cpp
index d094532..263bf61 100644
--- a/services/gpuservice/gpustats/GpuStats.cpp
+++ b/services/gpuservice/gpustats/GpuStats.cpp
@@ -30,16 +30,11 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
-GpuStats::GpuStats() {
-    AStatsManager_registerPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_GLOBAL_INFO,
-                                           GpuStats::pullAtomCallback, nullptr, this);
-    AStatsManager_registerPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_APP_INFO,
-                                           GpuStats::pullAtomCallback, nullptr, this);
-}
-
 GpuStats::~GpuStats() {
-    AStatsManager_unregisterPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_GLOBAL_INFO);
-    AStatsManager_unregisterPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_APP_INFO);
+    if (mStatsdRegistered) {
+        AStatsManager_unregisterPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_GLOBAL_INFO);
+        AStatsManager_unregisterPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_APP_INFO);
+    }
 }
 
 static void addLoadingCount(GpuStatsInfo::Driver driver, bool isDriverLoaded,
@@ -97,6 +92,7 @@
     ATRACE_CALL();
 
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mLock);
+    registerStatsdCallbacksIfNeeded();
     ALOGV("Received:\n"
           "\tdriverPackageName[%s]\n"
           "\tdriverVersionName[%s]\n"
@@ -150,6 +146,7 @@
     const std::string appStatsKey = appPackageName + std::to_string(driverVersionCode);
 
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mLock);
+    registerStatsdCallbacksIfNeeded();
     if (!mAppStats.count(appStatsKey)) {
         return;
     }
@@ -179,6 +176,16 @@
     mGlobalStats[0].glesVersion = property_get_int32("ro.opengles.version", 0);
 }
 
+void GpuStats::registerStatsdCallbacksIfNeeded() {
+    if (!mStatsdRegistered) {
+        AStatsManager_registerPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_GLOBAL_INFO,
+                                               GpuStats::pullAtomCallback, nullptr, this);
+        AStatsManager_registerPullAtomCallback(android::util::GPU_STATS_APP_INFO,
+                                               GpuStats::pullAtomCallback, nullptr, this);
+        mStatsdRegistered = true;
+    }
+}
+
 void GpuStats::dump(const Vector<String16>& args, std::string* result) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
 
diff --git a/services/gpuservice/gpustats/include/gpustats/GpuStats.h b/services/gpuservice/gpustats/include/gpustats/GpuStats.h
index 8ca4e4e..55f0da1 100644
--- a/services/gpuservice/gpustats/include/gpustats/GpuStats.h
+++ b/services/gpuservice/gpustats/include/gpustats/GpuStats.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 class GpuStats {
 public:
-    GpuStats();
     ~GpuStats();
 
     // Insert new gpu driver stats into global stats and app stats.
@@ -66,12 +65,16 @@
     void dumpAppLocked(std::string* result);
     // Append cpuVulkanVersion and glesVersion to system driver stats
     void interceptSystemDriverStatsLocked();
+    // Registers statsd callbacks if they have not already been registered
+    void registerStatsdCallbacksIfNeeded();
 
     // Below limits the memory usage of GpuStats to be less than 10KB. This is
     // the preferred number for statsd while maintaining nice data quality.
     static const size_t MAX_NUM_APP_RECORDS = 100;
     // GpuStats access should be guarded by mLock.
     std::mutex mLock;
+    // True if statsd callbacks have been registered.
+    bool mStatsdRegistered = false;
     // Key is driver version code.
     std::unordered_map<uint64_t, GpuStatsGlobalInfo> mGlobalStats;
     // Key is <app package name>+<driver version code>.