diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
index 5d7f594..b8815b5 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 
         // If there's a multi-frameInterval gap we effectively already dropped a frame,
         // so consider the queue healthy.
-        if (swapA.swapCompletedTime - swapB.swapCompletedTime > frameInterval * 3) {
+        if (std::abs(swapA.swapCompletedTime - swapB.swapCompletedTime) > frameInterval * 3) {
             return false;
         }