diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/NavigationBarView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/NavigationBarView.java
index 808b7e2216bf4..2d36de34ad047 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/NavigationBarView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/NavigationBarView.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public class NavigationBarView extends FrameLayout implements
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ public class NavigationBarView extends FrameLayout implements
         mEdgeBackGestureHandler = Dependency.get(EdgeBackGestureHandler.Factory.class)
                 .create(mContext);
         mEdgeBackGestureHandler.setStateChangeCallback(this::updateStates);
+        Executor backgroundExecutor = Dependency.get(Dependency.BACKGROUND_EXECUTOR);
         mRegionSamplingHelper = new RegionSamplingHelper(this,
                 new RegionSamplingHelper.SamplingCallback() {
                     @Override
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ public class NavigationBarView extends FrameLayout implements
                     public boolean isSamplingEnabled() {
                         return isGesturalModeOnDefaultDisplay(getContext(), mNavBarMode);
                     }
-                });
+                }, backgroundExecutor);
 
         mNavBarOverlayController = Dependency.get(NavigationBarOverlayController.class);
         if (mNavBarOverlayController.isNavigationBarOverlayEnabled()) {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/NavigationBarEdgePanel.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/NavigationBarEdgePanel.java
index 7fdb79eae2a95..ea04cefb8f702 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/NavigationBarEdgePanel.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/NavigationBarEdgePanel.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import com.android.systemui.plugins.NavigationEdgeBackPlugin;
 import com.android.systemui.statusbar.VibratorHelper;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
 public class NavigationBarEdgePanel extends View implements NavigationEdgeBackPlugin {
 
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ public class NavigationBarEdgePanel extends View implements NavigationEdgeBackPl
                 .getDimension(R.dimen.navigation_edge_action_drag_threshold);
         setVisibility(GONE);
 
+        Executor backgroundExecutor = Dependency.get(Dependency.BACKGROUND_EXECUTOR);
         boolean isPrimaryDisplay = mContext.getDisplayId() == DEFAULT_DISPLAY;
         mRegionSamplingHelper = new RegionSamplingHelper(this,
                 new RegionSamplingHelper.SamplingCallback() {
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ public class NavigationBarEdgePanel extends View implements NavigationEdgeBackPl
                     public boolean isSamplingEnabled() {
                         return isPrimaryDisplay;
                     }
-                });
+                }, backgroundExecutor);
         mRegionSamplingHelper.setWindowVisible(true);
         mShowProtection = !isPrimaryDisplay;
     }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/RegionSamplingHelper.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/RegionSamplingHelper.java
index 560d89af8e920..c9a939974cc99 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/RegionSamplingHelper.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/navigationbar/gestural/RegionSamplingHelper.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import android.view.ViewTreeObserver;
 import com.android.systemui.R;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
 /**
  * A helper class to sample regions on the screen and inspect its luminosity.
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public class RegionSamplingHelper implements View.OnAttachStateChangeListener,
      */
     private final Rect mRegisteredSamplingBounds = new Rect();
     private final SamplingCallback mCallback;
+    private final Executor mBackgroundExecutor;
     private boolean mSamplingEnabled = false;
     private boolean mSamplingListenerRegistered = false;
 
@@ -82,7 +84,9 @@ public class RegionSamplingHelper implements View.OnAttachStateChangeListener,
         }
     };
 
-    public RegionSamplingHelper(View sampledView, SamplingCallback samplingCallback) {
+    public RegionSamplingHelper(View sampledView, SamplingCallback samplingCallback,
+            Executor backgroundExecutor) {
+        mBackgroundExecutor = backgroundExecutor;
         mSamplingListener = new CompositionSamplingListener(
                 sampledView.getContext().getMainExecutor()) {
             @Override
@@ -183,10 +187,13 @@ public class RegionSamplingHelper implements View.OnAttachStateChangeListener,
                 // We only want to reregister if something actually changed
                 unregisterSamplingListener();
                 mSamplingListenerRegistered = true;
-                CompositionSamplingListener.register(mSamplingListener, DEFAULT_DISPLAY,
-                        stopLayerControl, mSamplingRequestBounds);
+                SurfaceControl registeredStopLayer = stopLayerControl;
+                mBackgroundExecutor.execute(() -> {
+                    CompositionSamplingListener.register(mSamplingListener, DEFAULT_DISPLAY,
+                            registeredStopLayer, mSamplingRequestBounds);
+                });
                 mRegisteredSamplingBounds.set(mSamplingRequestBounds);
-                mRegisteredStopLayer = stopLayerControl;
+                mRegisteredStopLayer = registeredStopLayer;
             }
             mFirstSamplingAfterStart = false;
         } else {
@@ -199,7 +206,9 @@ public class RegionSamplingHelper implements View.OnAttachStateChangeListener,
             mSamplingListenerRegistered = false;
             mRegisteredStopLayer = null;
             mRegisteredSamplingBounds.setEmpty();
-            CompositionSamplingListener.unregister(mSamplingListener);
+            mBackgroundExecutor.execute(() -> {
+                CompositionSamplingListener.unregister(mSamplingListener);
+            });
         }
     }