diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_virtual.cpp b/libhwcomposer/hwc_virtual.cpp
index 28dc991..cc29d45 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_virtual.cpp
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_virtual.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 
     closeAcquireFds(list);
 
-    if (list && !ctx->mVirtualonExtActive && (list->retireFenceFd < 0) ) {
+    if (list && list->outbuf && (list->retireFenceFd < 0) ) {
         // SF assumes HWC waits for the acquire fence and returns a new fence
         // that signals when we're done. Since we don't wait, and also don't
         // touch the buffer, we can just handle the acquire fence back to SF