diff --git a/libgralloc1/gr_buf_mgr.cpp b/libgralloc1/gr_buf_mgr.cpp
index 584737d..b79dffa 100644
--- a/libgralloc1/gr_buf_mgr.cpp
+++ b/libgralloc1/gr_buf_mgr.cpp
@@ -453,17 +453,15 @@
   if (!handle)
     return -EINVAL;
 
-  int format = descriptor.GetFormat();
   gralloc1_producer_usage_t prod_usage = descriptor.GetProducerUsage();
   gralloc1_consumer_usage_t cons_usage = descriptor.GetConsumerUsage();
+  int format = allocator_->GetImplDefinedFormat(prod_usage, cons_usage, descriptor.GetFormat());
   uint32_t layer_count = descriptor.GetLayerCount();
 
-  // Get implementation defined format
-  int gralloc_format = allocator_->GetImplDefinedFormat(prod_usage, cons_usage, format);
-
   unsigned int size;
   unsigned int alignedw, alignedh;
-  int buffer_type = GetBufferType(gralloc_format);
+
+  int buffer_type = GetBufferType(format);
   BufferInfo info = GetBufferInfo(descriptor);
   GetBufferSizeAndDimensions(info, &size, &alignedw, &alignedh);
   size = (bufferSize >= size) ? bufferSize : size;