diff --git a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
index c7a2014d1cf90..ca9a38e58757e 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
@@ -183,14 +183,7 @@ status_t OpenGLRenderer::prepareDirty(float left, float top, float right, float
 
     updateLayers();
 
-    // If we know that we are going to redraw the entire framebuffer,
-    // perform a discard to let the driver know we don't need to preserve
-    // the back buffer for this frame.
-    if (mCaches.extensions.hasDiscardFramebuffer() &&
-            left <= 0.0f && top <= 0.0f && right >= mWidth && bottom >= mHeight) {
-        const GLenum attachments[] = { getTargetFbo() == 0 ? GL_COLOR_EXT : GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0 };
-        glDiscardFramebufferEXT(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 1, attachments);
-    }
+    discardFramebuffer(left, top, right, bottom);
 
     syncState();
 
@@ -207,6 +200,18 @@ status_t OpenGLRenderer::prepareDirty(float left, float top, float right, float
     return clear(left, top, right, bottom, opaque);
 }
 
+void OpenGLRenderer::discardFramebuffer(float left, float top, float right, float bottom) {
+    // If we know that we are going to redraw the entire framebuffer,
+    // perform a discard to let the driver know we don't need to preserve
+    // the back buffer for this frame.
+    if (mCaches.extensions.hasDiscardFramebuffer() &&
+            left <= 0.0f && top <= 0.0f && right >= mWidth && bottom >= mHeight) {
+        const GLenum attachments[] = { getTargetFbo() == 0 ? (const GLenum) GL_COLOR_EXT :
+                (const GLenum) GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0 };
+        glDiscardFramebufferEXT(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 1, attachments);
+    }
+}
+
 status_t OpenGLRenderer::clear(float left, float top, float right, float bottom, bool opaque) {
     if (!opaque) {
         mCaches.enableScissor();
diff --git a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.h b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.h
index c5e4c8e78d93f..f16558174b17b 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/OpenGLRenderer.h
@@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ protected:
     }
 
 private:
+    /**
+     * Discards the content of the framebuffer if supported by the driver.
+     * This method should be called at the beginning of a frame to optimize
+     * rendering on some tiler architectures.
+     */
+    void discardFramebuffer(float left, float top, float right, float bottom);
+
     /**
      * Ensures the state of the renderer is the same as the state of
      * the GL context.
diff --git a/libs/hwui/SkiaShader.h b/libs/hwui/SkiaShader.h
index 26875928cf98f..bc12b0dfed661 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/SkiaShader.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/SkiaShader.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct SkiaShader {
     virtual void setupProgram(Program* program, const mat4& modelView, const Snapshot& snapshot,
             GLuint* textureUnit);
 
-    inline SkShader *getSkShader() {
+    inline SkShader* getSkShader() {
         return mKey;
     }