diff --git a/libgralloc/framebuffer.cpp b/libgralloc/framebuffer.cpp
index 576e021..57df5b1 100644
--- a/libgralloc/framebuffer.cpp
+++ b/libgralloc/framebuffer.cpp
@@ -108,10 +108,11 @@
     private_module_t* m =
         reinterpret_cast<private_module_t*>(dev->common.module);
 
-    if (hnd && hnd->flags & private_handle_t::PRIV_FLAGS_FRAMEBUFFER) {
+    if (hnd) {
         m->info.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_VBL | FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE;
         m->info.yoffset = hnd->offset / m->finfo.line_length;
         m->commit.var = m->info;
+        m->commit.flags |= MDP_DISPLAY_COMMIT_OVERLAY;
         if (ioctl(m->framebuffer->fd, MSMFB_DISPLAY_COMMIT, &m->commit) == -1) {
             ALOGE("%s: MSMFB_DISPLAY_COMMIT ioctl failed, err: %s", __FUNCTION__,
                     strerror(errno));