diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.cpp
index fd70988..1cbcf59 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "ComposerHal.h"
 
 #include <composer-command-buffer/2.2/ComposerCommandBuffer.h>
-#include <gui/BufferQueue.h>
 #include <hidl/HidlTransportSupport.h>
 #include <hidl/HidlTransportUtils.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
@@ -266,15 +265,15 @@
 Error Composer::createLayer(Display display, Layer* outLayer)
 {
     Error error = kDefaultError;
-    mClient->createLayer(display, BufferQueue::NUM_BUFFER_SLOTS,
-            [&](const auto& tmpError, const auto& tmpLayer) {
-                error = tmpError;
-                if (error != Error::NONE) {
-                    return;
-                }
+    mClient->createLayer(display, kMaxLayerBufferCount,
+                         [&](const auto& tmpError, const auto& tmpLayer) {
+                             error = tmpError;
+                             if (error != Error::NONE) {
+                                 return;
+                             }
 
-                *outLayer = tmpLayer;
-            });
+                             *outLayer = tmpLayer;
+                         });
 
     return error;
 }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h
index c756d65..0619b8c 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <android/hardware/graphics/composer/2.4/IComposer.h>
 #include <android/hardware/graphics/composer/2.4/IComposerClient.h>
 #include <composer-command-buffer/2.4/ComposerCommandBuffer.h>
+#include <gui/BufferQueue.h>
 #include <gui/HdrMetadata.h>
 #include <math/mat4.h>
 #include <ui/DisplayedFrameStats.h>
@@ -491,6 +492,11 @@
     // 64KiB minus a small space for metadata such as read/write pointers
     static constexpr size_t kWriterInitialSize =
         64 * 1024 / sizeof(uint32_t) - 16;
+    // Max number of buffers that may be cached for a given layer
+    // We obtain this number by:
+    // 1. Tightly coupling this cache to the max size of BufferQueue
+    // 2. Adding an additional slot for the layer caching feature in SurfaceFlinger (see: Planner.h)
+    static const constexpr uint32_t kMaxLayerBufferCount = BufferQueue::NUM_BUFFER_SLOTS + 1;
     CommandWriter mWriter;
     CommandReader mReader;
 };