diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ThreadedRenderer.java b/core/java/android/view/ThreadedRenderer.java
index 2f975b68b9857..29306993454c8 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ThreadedRenderer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ThreadedRenderer.java
@@ -955,6 +955,10 @@ public final class ThreadedRenderer {
         nSetDebuggingEnabled(enable);
     }
 
+    void allocateBuffers(Surface surface) {
+        nAllocateBuffers(mNativeProxy, surface);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
         try {
@@ -1243,4 +1247,5 @@ public final class ThreadedRenderer {
     private static native void nSetDebuggingEnabled(boolean enabled);
     private static native void nSetIsolatedProcess(boolean enabled);
     private static native void nSetContextPriority(int priority);
+    private static native void nAllocateBuffers(long nativeProxy, Surface window);
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
index ea9bd854a7af6..240f3c0098416 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ public final class ViewRootImpl implements ViewParent,
                                         & View.PFLAG_REQUEST_TRANSPARENT_REGIONS) == 0) {
                                     // Don't pre-allocate if transparent regions
                                     // are requested as they may not be needed
-                                    mSurface.allocateBuffers();
+                                    mAttachInfo.mThreadedRenderer.allocateBuffers(mSurface);
                                 }
                             } catch (OutOfResourcesException e) {
                                 handleOutOfResourcesException(e);
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_ThreadedRenderer.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_ThreadedRenderer.cpp
index 497b2894d4059..4a1774279d280 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_ThreadedRenderer.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_ThreadedRenderer.cpp
@@ -1054,6 +1054,13 @@ static void android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setContextPriority(JNIEnv*, jclass,
     Properties::contextPriority = contextPriority;
 }
 
+static void android_view_ThreadedRenderer_allocateBuffers(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz,
+        jlong proxyPtr, jobject jsurface) {
+    RenderProxy* proxy = reinterpret_cast<RenderProxy*>(proxyPtr);
+    sp<Surface> surface = android_view_Surface_getSurface(env, jsurface);
+    proxy->allocateBuffers(surface);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // FrameMetricsObserver
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1166,6 +1173,7 @@ static const JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
     { "nSetDebuggingEnabled", "(Z)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setDebuggingEnabled },
     { "nSetIsolatedProcess", "(Z)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setIsolatedProcess },
     { "nSetContextPriority", "(I)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setContextPriority },
+    { "nAllocateBuffers", "(JLandroid/view/Surface;)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_allocateBuffers },
 };
 
 static JavaVM* mJvm = nullptr;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
index 6eca8d2f346f3..e3807e6348907 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ void RenderProxy::initialize(const sp<Surface>& surface) {
             [ this, surf = surface ]() mutable { mContext->setSurface(std::move(surf)); });
 }
 
+void RenderProxy::allocateBuffers(const sp<Surface>& surface) {
+    mRenderThread.queue().post(
+            [ surf = surface ]() mutable { surf->allocateBuffers(); });
+}
+
 void RenderProxy::updateSurface(const sp<Surface>& surface) {
     mRenderThread.queue().post(
             [ this, surf = surface ]() mutable { mContext->setSurface(std::move(surf)); });
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
index 5668484673fb1..c2964a4e35159 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public:
     ANDROID_API void setName(const char* name);
 
     ANDROID_API void initialize(const sp<Surface>& surface);
+    ANDROID_API void allocateBuffers(const sp<Surface>& surface);
     ANDROID_API void updateSurface(const sp<Surface>& surface);
     ANDROID_API bool pauseSurface(const sp<Surface>& surface);
     ANDROID_API void setStopped(bool stopped);