diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 496185e..68bd6a2 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -984,8 +984,9 @@
                         ALOGD("TransactionTraceWriter: file=%s already exists", filename.c_str());
                         return;
                     }
-                    mTransactionTracing->flush();
+                    ALOGD("TransactionTraceWriter: writing file=%s", filename.c_str());
                     mTransactionTracing->writeToFile(filename);
+                    mTransactionTracing->flush();
                 };
                 if (std::this_thread::get_id() == mMainThreadId) {
                     writeFn();
@@ -10343,6 +10344,11 @@
     return gui::getSchedulingPolicy(outPolicy);
 }
 
+binder::Status SurfaceComposerAIDL::notifyShutdown() {
+    TransactionTraceWriter::getInstance().invoke("systemShutdown_", /* overwrite= */ false);
+    return ::android::binder::Status::ok();
+}
+
 status_t SurfaceComposerAIDL::checkAccessPermission(bool usePermissionCache) {
     if (!mFlinger->callingThreadHasUnscopedSurfaceFlingerAccess(usePermissionCache)) {
         IPCThreadState* ipc = IPCThreadState::self();