diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
index 6ef3295b0..70af656d9 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ FramebufferSurface::FramebufferSurface(HWComposer& hwc, int disp,
     mConsumer->setDefaultBufferFormat(mHwc.getFormat(disp));
     mConsumer->setDefaultBufferSize(mHwc.getWidth(disp),  mHwc.getHeight(disp));
     mConsumer->setDefaultMaxBufferCount(NUM_FRAMEBUFFER_SURFACE_BUFFERS);
+    mConsumer->setMaxAcquiredBufferCount(NUM_FRAMEBUFFER_SURFACE_BUFFERS - 1);
 }
 
 status_t FramebufferSurface::beginFrame(bool /*mustRecompose*/) {