diff --git a/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.cpp b/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.cpp
index a81ffb9..b0f69cb 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 #define DEBUG_COLOR_MERGEDBATCH      0x5f7f7fff
 #define DEBUG_COLOR_MERGEDBATCH_SOLO 0x5f7fff7f
 
+static bool avoidOverdraw() {
+    // Don't avoid overdraw when visualizing it, since that makes it harder to
+    // debug where it's coming from, and when the problem occurs.
+    return !Properties::debugOverdraw;
+};
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Operation Batches
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -495,7 +501,7 @@
             && mSaveStack.empty()
             && !state->mRoundRectClipState;
 
-    if (CC_LIKELY(mAvoidOverdraw) && mBatches.size() &&
+    if (CC_LIKELY(avoidOverdraw()) && mBatches.size() &&
             state->mClipSideFlags != kClipSide_ConservativeFull &&
             deferInfo.opaqueOverBounds && state->mBounds.contains(mBounds)) {
         // avoid overdraw by resetting drawing state + discarding drawing ops
@@ -642,7 +648,7 @@
     // save and restore so that reordering doesn't affect final state
     renderer.save(SkCanvas::kMatrix_SaveFlag | SkCanvas::kClip_SaveFlag);
 
-    if (CC_LIKELY(mAvoidOverdraw)) {
+    if (CC_LIKELY(avoidOverdraw())) {
         for (unsigned int i = 1; i < mBatches.size(); i++) {
             if (mBatches[i] && mBatches[i]->coversBounds(mBounds)) {
                 discardDrawingBatches(i - 1);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.h b/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.h
index 4f2dca5..ce304a0 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/DeferredDisplayList.h
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
 class DeferredDisplayList {
     friend struct DeferStateStruct; // used to give access to allocator
 public:
-    DeferredDisplayList(const Rect& bounds, bool avoidOverdraw = true) :
-            mBounds(bounds), mAvoidOverdraw(avoidOverdraw) {
+    DeferredDisplayList(const Rect& bounds)
+            : mBounds(bounds) {
         clear();
     }
     ~DeferredDisplayList() { clear(); }
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@
 
     // layer space bounds of rendering
     Rect mBounds;
-    const bool mAvoidOverdraw;
 
     /**
      * At defer time, stores the *defer time* savecount of save/saveLayer ops that were deferred, so
diff --git a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
index a401ce1..0c1af5f 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
@@ -1431,10 +1431,7 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        // Don't avoid overdraw when visualizing, since that makes it harder to
-        // debug where it's coming from, and when the problem occurs.
-        bool avoidOverdraw = !Properties::debugOverdraw;
-        DeferredDisplayList deferredList(mState.currentClipRect(), avoidOverdraw);
+        DeferredDisplayList deferredList(mState.currentClipRect());
         DeferStateStruct deferStruct(deferredList, *this, replayFlags);
         renderNode->defer(deferStruct, 0);