diff --git a/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h b/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
index 98741c550..0a83ce6af 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.
-    virtual void freeBufferLocked(int slotIndex);
+    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 0579a3dec..451ccc26e 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
@@ -710,7 +710,6 @@ void SurfaceTexture::freeBufferLocked(int slotIndex) {
         eglDestroyImageKHR(mEglDisplay, img);
     }
     mEglSlots[slotIndex].mEglImage = EGL_NO_IMAGE_KHR;
-    ConsumerBase::freeBufferLocked(slotIndex);
 }
 
 void SurfaceTexture::abandonLocked() {