diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 1c61b11..3da0dc9 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -797,6 +797,12 @@
     }));
 }
 
+bool shouldUseGraphiteIfCompiledAndSupported() {
+    return FlagManager::getInstance().graphite_renderengine() ||
+            (FlagManager::getInstance().graphite_renderengine_preview_rollout() &&
+             base::GetBoolProperty(PROPERTY_DEBUG_RENDERENGINE_GRAPHITE_PREVIEW_OPTIN, false));
+}
+
 void chooseRenderEngineType(renderengine::RenderEngineCreationArgs::Builder& builder) {
     char prop[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     property_get(PROPERTY_DEBUG_RENDERENGINE_BACKEND, prop, "");
@@ -825,14 +831,13 @@
 // is used by layertracegenerator (which also needs SurfaceFlinger.cpp). :)
 #if COM_ANDROID_GRAPHICS_SURFACEFLINGER_FLAGS_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE || \
         COM_ANDROID_GRAPHICS_SURFACEFLINGER_FLAGS_FORCE_COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE
-        const bool useGraphite = FlagManager::getInstance().graphite_renderengine() &&
+        const bool useGraphite = shouldUseGraphiteIfCompiledAndSupported() &&
                 renderengine::RenderEngine::canSupport(kVulkan);
 #else
         const bool useGraphite = false;
-        if (FlagManager::getInstance().graphite_renderengine()) {
-            ALOGE("RenderEngine's Graphite Skia backend was requested with the "
-                  "debug.renderengine.graphite system property, but it is not compiled in this "
-                  "build! Falling back to Ganesh backend selection logic.");
+        if (shouldUseGraphiteIfCompiledAndSupported()) {
+            ALOGE("RenderEngine's Graphite Skia backend was requested, but it is not compiled in "
+                  "this build! Falling back to Ganesh backend selection logic.");
         }
 #endif
         const bool useVulkan = useGraphite ||