diff --git a/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h b/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
index 0a83ce6af..98741c550 100644
--- a/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
+++ b/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ private:
     // slot and destroy the EGLImage in that slot.  Otherwise it has no effect.
     //
     // This method must be called with mMutex locked.
-    void freeBufferLocked(int slotIndex);
+    virtual void freeBufferLocked(int slotIndex);
 
     // computeCurrentTransformMatrix computes the transform matrix for the
     // current texture.  It uses mCurrentTransform and the current GraphicBuffer
diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
index 451ccc26e..0579a3dec 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ void SurfaceTexture::freeBufferLocked(int slotIndex) {
         eglDestroyImageKHR(mEglDisplay, img);
     }
     mEglSlots[slotIndex].mEglImage = EGL_NO_IMAGE_KHR;
+    ConsumerBase::freeBufferLocked(slotIndex);
 }
 
 void SurfaceTexture::abandonLocked() {