diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 3255aac..c146315 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -2408,7 +2408,15 @@
     // Position the touchable region relative to frame screen location and restrict it to frame
     // bounds.
     info.touchableRegion = info.touchableRegion.translate(info.frameLeft, info.frameTop);
-    info.visible = canReceiveInput();
+    // For compatibility reasons we let layers which can receive input
+    // receive input before they have actually submitted a buffer. Because
+    // of this we use canReceiveInput instead of isVisible to check the
+    // policy-visibility, ignoring the buffer state. However for layers with
+    // hasInputInfo()==false we can use the real visibility state.
+    // We are just using these layers for occlusion detection in
+    // InputDispatcher, and obviously if they aren't visible they can't occlude
+    // anything.
+    info.visible = hasInputInfo() ? canReceiveInput() : isVisible();
 
     auto cropLayer = mDrawingState.touchableRegionCrop.promote();
     if (info.replaceTouchableRegionWithCrop) {