diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index ea1901b..1083d08 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -4342,6 +4342,14 @@
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
+status_t SurfaceFlinger::dumpCritical(int fd, const DumpArgs&, bool asProto) {
+    if (asProto && mTracing.isEnabled()) {
+        mTracing.writeToFileAsync();
+    }
+
+    return doDump(fd, DumpArgs(), asProto);
+}
+
 void SurfaceFlinger::listLayersLocked(std::string& result) const {
     mCurrentState.traverseInZOrder(
             [&](Layer* layer) { StringAppendF(&result, "%s\n", layer->getName().string()); });
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 2b524bd..5594943 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -901,9 +901,7 @@
 
     status_t doDump(int fd, const DumpArgs& args, bool asProto);
 
-    status_t dumpCritical(int fd, const DumpArgs&, bool asProto) override {
-        return doDump(fd, DumpArgs(), asProto);
-    }
+    status_t dumpCritical(int fd, const DumpArgs&, bool asProto);
 
     status_t dumpAll(int fd, const DumpArgs& args, bool asProto) override {
         return doDump(fd, args, asProto);