diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index cb410a1..db472a7 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         mComposerSequenceId(0) {
 }
 
-SurfaceFlinger::SurfaceFlinger()
+SurfaceFlinger::SurfaceFlinger(SurfaceFlinger::SkipInitializationTag)
       : BnSurfaceComposer(),
         mTransactionFlags(0),
         mTransactionPending(false),
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@
         mNumLayers(0),
         mVrFlingerRequestsDisplay(false),
         mMainThreadId(std::this_thread::get_id()),
-        mCreateBufferQueue(&BufferQueue::createBufferQueue) {
+        mCreateBufferQueue(&BufferQueue::createBufferQueue) {}
+
+SurfaceFlinger::SurfaceFlinger() : SurfaceFlinger(SkipInitialization) {
     ALOGI("SurfaceFlinger is starting");
 
     vsyncPhaseOffsetNs = getInt64< ISurfaceFlingerConfigs,