diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.cpp
index 594b03a..4ae3580 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
-const sp<const Layer> SurfaceInterceptor::getLayer(const sp<const IBinder>& handle) {
+const sp<const Layer> SurfaceInterceptor::getLayer(const wp<const IBinder>& weakHandle) {
+    const sp<const IBinder>& handle(weakHandle.promote());
     const auto layerHandle(static_cast<const Layer::Handle*>(handle.get()));
     const sp<const Layer> layer(layerHandle->owner.promote());
     // layer could be a nullptr at this point
@@ -279,10 +280,10 @@
 }
 
 void SurfaceInterceptor::addDeferTransactionLocked(Transaction* transaction, int32_t layerId,
-        const sp<const IBinder>& handle, uint64_t frameNumber)
+        const wp<const IBinder>& weakHandle, uint64_t frameNumber)
 {
     SurfaceChange* change(createSurfaceChangeLocked(transaction, layerId));
-    const sp<const Layer> layer(getLayer(handle));
+    const sp<const Layer> layer(getLayer(weakHandle));
     if (layer == nullptr) {
         ALOGE("An existing layer could not be retrieved with the handle"
                 " for the deferred transaction");
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.h
index 02d4288..4695138 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceInterceptor.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     void addInitialDisplayStateLocked(Increment* increment, const DisplayDeviceState& display);
 
     status_t writeProtoFileLocked();
-    const sp<const Layer> getLayer(const sp<const IBinder>& handle);
+    const sp<const Layer> getLayer(const wp<const IBinder>& weakHandle);
     const std::string getLayerName(const sp<const Layer>& layer);
     int32_t getLayerId(const sp<const Layer>& layer);
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     void addLayerStackLocked(Transaction* transaction, int32_t layerId, uint32_t layerStack);
     void addCropLocked(Transaction* transaction, int32_t layerId, const Rect& rect);
     void addDeferTransactionLocked(Transaction* transaction, int32_t layerId,
-            const sp<const IBinder>& handle, uint64_t frameNumber);
+            const wp<const IBinder>& weakHandle, uint64_t frameNumber);
     void addFinalCropLocked(Transaction* transaction, int32_t layerId, const Rect& rect);
     void addOverrideScalingModeLocked(Transaction* transaction, int32_t layerId,
             int32_t overrideScalingMode);