diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index fae4b81..2aac8f0 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -3651,18 +3651,22 @@
         transactionFlags |= setDisplayStateLocked(display);
     }
 
+    // In case the client has sent a Transaction that should receive callbacks but without any
+    // SurfaceControls that should be included in the callback, send the listener and callbackIds
+    // to the callback thread so it can send an empty callback
+    if (!listenerCallbacks.empty()) {
+        mTransactionCompletedThread.run();
+    }
+    for (const auto& [listener, callbackIds] : listenerCallbacks) {
+        mTransactionCompletedThread.addCallback(listener, callbackIds);
+    }
+
     uint32_t clientStateFlags = 0;
     for (const ComposerState& state : states) {
         clientStateFlags |= setClientStateLocked(state, desiredPresentTime, listenerCallbacks,
                                                  postTime, privileged);
     }
 
-    // In case the client has sent a Transaction that should receive callbacks but without any
-    // SurfaceControls that should be included in the callback, send the listener and callbackIds
-    // to the callback thread so it can send an empty callback
-    for (const auto& [listener, callbackIds] : listenerCallbacks) {
-        mTransactionCompletedThread.addCallback(listener, callbackIds);
-    }
     // If the state doesn't require a traversal and there are callbacks, send them now
     if (!(clientStateFlags & eTraversalNeeded)) {
         mTransactionCompletedThread.sendCallbacks();
@@ -4019,7 +4023,6 @@
     }
     std::vector<sp<CallbackHandle>> callbackHandles;
     if ((what & layer_state_t::eHasListenerCallbacksChanged) && (!listenerCallbacks.empty())) {
-        mTransactionCompletedThread.run();
         for (const auto& [listener, callbackIds] : listenerCallbacks) {
             callbackHandles.emplace_back(new CallbackHandle(listener, callbackIds, s.surface));
         }