diff --git a/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.cpp b/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.cpp
index 00e8c05..ff90160 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
                 mUpdateTexImage = false;
                 doUpdateTexImage();
             }
+            GLenum renderTarget = mSurfaceTexture->getCurrentTextureTarget();
+            static_cast<GlLayer*>(mLayer)->setRenderTarget(renderTarget);
         }
         if (mTransform) {
             mLayer->getTransform().load(*mTransform);
@@ -140,12 +142,8 @@
         }
         #endif
         mSurfaceTexture->getTransformMatrix(transform);
-        GLenum renderTarget = mSurfaceTexture->getCurrentTextureTarget();
 
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(renderTarget != GL_TEXTURE_2D && renderTarget != GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES,
-                "doUpdateTexImage target %x, 2d %x, EXT %x",
-                renderTarget, GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES);
-        updateLayer(forceFilter, renderTarget, transform);
+        updateLayer(forceFilter, transform);
     }
 }
 
@@ -155,28 +153,17 @@
                         mLayer->getApi(), Layer::Api::OpenGL, Layer::Api::Vulkan);
 
     static const mat4 identityMatrix;
-    updateLayer(false, GL_NONE, identityMatrix.data);
+    updateLayer(false, identityMatrix.data);
 
     VkLayer* vkLayer = static_cast<VkLayer*>(mLayer);
     vkLayer->updateTexture();
 }
 
-void DeferredLayerUpdater::updateLayer(bool forceFilter, GLenum renderTarget,
-        const float* textureTransform) {
+void DeferredLayerUpdater::updateLayer(bool forceFilter, const float* textureTransform) {
     mLayer->setBlend(mBlend);
     mLayer->setForceFilter(forceFilter);
     mLayer->setSize(mWidth, mHeight);
     mLayer->getTexTransform().load(textureTransform);
-
-    if (mLayer->getApi() == Layer::Api::OpenGL) {
-        GlLayer* glLayer = static_cast<GlLayer*>(mLayer);
-        if (renderTarget != glLayer->getRenderTarget()) {
-            glLayer->setRenderTarget(renderTarget);
-            glLayer->bindTexture();
-            glLayer->setFilter(GL_NEAREST, false, true);
-            glLayer->setWrap(GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE, false, true);
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 void DeferredLayerUpdater::detachSurfaceTexture() {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.h b/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.h
index 6717361..6164e47 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/DeferredLayerUpdater.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
     void detachSurfaceTexture();
 
-    void updateLayer(bool forceFilter, GLenum renderTarget, const float* textureTransform);
+    void updateLayer(bool forceFilter, const float* textureTransform);
 
     void destroyLayer();
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/GlLayer.cpp b/libs/hwui/GlLayer.cpp
index aacad54..070e954 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/GlLayer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/GlLayer.cpp
@@ -55,9 +55,15 @@
     texture.deleteTexture();
 }
 
-void GlLayer::bindTexture() const {
-    if (texture.mId) {
-        caches.textureState().bindTexture(texture.target(), texture.mId);
+void GlLayer::setRenderTarget(GLenum renderTarget) {
+    if (renderTarget != getRenderTarget()) {
+        // new render target: bind with new target, and update filter/wrap
+        texture.mTarget = renderTarget;
+        if (texture.mId) {
+            caches.textureState().bindTexture(texture.target(), texture.mId);
+        }
+        texture.setFilter(GL_NEAREST, false, true);
+        texture.setWrap(GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE, false, true);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/GlLayer.h b/libs/hwui/GlLayer.h
index 85ddaff..20aaf4a 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/GlLayer.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/GlLayer.h
@@ -68,23 +68,12 @@
         return texture.target();
     }
 
-    inline void setRenderTarget(GLenum renderTarget) {
-        texture.mTarget = renderTarget;
-    }
-
     inline bool isRenderable() const {
         return texture.target() != GL_NONE;
     }
 
-    void setWrap(GLenum wrap, bool bindTexture = false, bool force = false) {
-        texture.setWrap(wrap, bindTexture, force);
-    }
+    void setRenderTarget(GLenum renderTarget);
 
-    void setFilter(GLenum filter, bool bindTexture = false, bool force = false) {
-        texture.setFilter(filter, bindTexture, force);
-    }
-
-    void bindTexture() const;
     void generateTexture();
 
     /**
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/common/TestUtils.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/common/TestUtils.cpp
index 3e52c39..64ec58d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/tests/common/TestUtils.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/common/TestUtils.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@
     layerUpdater->setTransform(&transform);
 
     // updateLayer so it's ready to draw
-    layerUpdater->updateLayer(true, GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES, Matrix4::identity().data);
+    layerUpdater->updateLayer(true, Matrix4::identity().data);
+    if (layerUpdater->backingLayer()->getApi() == Layer::Api::OpenGL) {
+        static_cast<GlLayer*>(layerUpdater->backingLayer())->setRenderTarget(
+                GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES);
+    }
     return layerUpdater;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/DeferredLayerUpdaterTests.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/DeferredLayerUpdaterTests.cpp
index 1ef9dba..87d897e 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/DeferredLayerUpdaterTests.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/DeferredLayerUpdaterTests.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@
     // push the deferred updates to the layer
     Matrix4 scaledMatrix;
     scaledMatrix.loadScale(0.5, 0.5, 0.0);
-    layerUpdater->updateLayer(true, GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES, scaledMatrix.data);
+    layerUpdater->updateLayer(true, scaledMatrix.data);
+    if (layerUpdater->backingLayer()->getApi() == Layer::Api::OpenGL) {
+        GlLayer* glLayer = static_cast<GlLayer*>(layerUpdater->backingLayer());
+        glLayer->setRenderTarget(GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES);
+    }
+
 
     // the backing layer should now have all the properties applied.
     if (layerUpdater->backingLayer()->getApi() == Layer::Api::OpenGL) {