diff --git a/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h b/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
index 37e7eb1..7c519ae 100644
--- a/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
+++ b/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
@@ -259,10 +259,11 @@
     // This method must be called with mMutex locked.
     virtual void freeBufferLocked(int slotIndex);
 
-    // computeCurrentTransformMatrix computes the transform matrix for the
+    // computeCurrentTransformMatrixLocked computes the transform matrix for the
     // current texture.  It uses mCurrentTransform and the current GraphicBuffer
     // to compute this matrix and stores it in mCurrentTransformMatrix.
-    void computeCurrentTransformMatrix();
+    // mCurrentTextureBuf must not be NULL.
+    void computeCurrentTransformMatrixLocked();
 
     // doGLFenceWaitLocked inserts a wait command into the OpenGL ES command
     // stream to ensure that it is safe for future OpenGL ES commands to
diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
index cbd8c79..7daa074 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceTexture.cpp
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
             // texturing from this SurfaceTexture.
             doGLFenceWaitLocked();
         }
-        computeCurrentTransformMatrix();
+        computeCurrentTransformMatrixLocked();
     } else  {
         if (err < 0) {
             ST_LOGE("updateTexImage: acquire failed: %s (%d)",
@@ -566,15 +566,24 @@
 
 void SurfaceTexture::setFilteringEnabled(bool enabled) {
     Mutex::Autolock lock(mMutex);
+    if (mAbandoned) {
+        ST_LOGE("setFilteringEnabled: SurfaceTexture is abandoned!");
+        return;
+    }
     bool needsRecompute = mFilteringEnabled != enabled;
     mFilteringEnabled = enabled;
-    if (needsRecompute) {
-        computeCurrentTransformMatrix();
+
+    if (needsRecompute && mCurrentTextureBuf==NULL) {
+        ST_LOGD("setFilteringEnabled called with mCurrentTextureBuf == NULL");
+    }
+
+    if (needsRecompute && mCurrentTextureBuf != NULL) {
+        computeCurrentTransformMatrixLocked();
     }
 }
 
-void SurfaceTexture::computeCurrentTransformMatrix() {
-    ST_LOGV("computeCurrentTransformMatrix");
+void SurfaceTexture::computeCurrentTransformMatrixLocked() {
+    ST_LOGV("computeCurrentTransformMatrixLocked");
 
     float xform[16];
     for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
@@ -603,6 +612,11 @@
     }
 
     sp<GraphicBuffer>& buf(mCurrentTextureBuf);
+
+    if (buf == NULL) {
+        ST_LOGD("computeCurrentTransformMatrixLocked: mCurrentTextureBuf is NULL");
+    }
+
     Rect cropRect = mCurrentCrop;
     float tx = 0.0f, ty = 0.0f, sx = 1.0f, sy = 1.0f;
     float bufferWidth = buf->getWidth();