diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Planner.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Planner.cpp
index 2f2cc06..297c0b2 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Planner.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Planner.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
 namespace android::compositionengine::impl::planner {
 
 Planner::Planner()
-      : mFlattener(base::GetBoolProperty(std::string("debug.sf.enable_hole_punch_pip"), false)) {
-    // Implicitly, layer caching must also be enabled.
-    // E.g., setprop debug.sf.enable_layer_caching 1, or
-    // adb shell service call SurfaceFlinger 1040 i32 1 [i64 <display ID>]
+      // Implicitly, layer caching must also be enabled for the hole punch or
+      // predictor to have any effect.
+      // E.g., setprop debug.sf.enable_layer_caching 1, or
+      // adb shell service call SurfaceFlinger 1040 i32 1 [i64 <display ID>]
+      : mFlattener(base::GetBoolProperty(std::string("debug.sf.enable_hole_punch_pip"), true)) {
     mPredictorEnabled =
             base::GetBoolProperty(std::string("debug.sf.enable_planner_prediction"), false);
 }