diff --git a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
index 34faf87..038e23d 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
@@ -197,13 +197,15 @@
 
     SurfaceComposerClient::Transaction t;
     const bool surfaceControlChanged = !SurfaceControl::isSameSurface(mSurfaceControl, surface);
+    if (surfaceControlChanged && mSurfaceControl != nullptr) {
+        BQA_LOGD("Updating SurfaceControl without recreating BBQ");
+    }
     bool applyTransaction = false;
 
     // Always update the native object even though they might have the same layer handle, so we can
     // get the updated transform hint from WM.
     mSurfaceControl = surface;
     if (surfaceControlChanged) {
-        BQA_LOGD("Updating SurfaceControl without recreating BBQ");
         t.setFlags(mSurfaceControl, layer_state_t::eEnableBackpressure,
                    layer_state_t::eEnableBackpressure);
         applyTransaction = true;