diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_fbupdate.cpp b/libhwcomposer/hwc_fbupdate.cpp
index b51b2ea..4348b62 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_fbupdate.cpp
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_fbupdate.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     if(mDpy && (extOrient & HWC_TRANSFORM_ROT_90)) {
         mRot = ctx->mRotMgr->getNext();
         if(mRot == NULL) return false;
+        ctx->mLayerRotMap[mDpy]->add(layer, mRot);
         // Composed FB content will have black bars, if the viewFrame of the
         // external is different from {0, 0, fbWidth, fbHeight}, so intersect
         // viewFrame with sourceCrop to avoid those black bars
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@
             mRot = NULL;
             return false;
         }
-        ctx->mLayerRotMap[mDpy]->add(layer, mRot);
         info.format = (mRot)->getDstFormat();
         updateSource(orient, info, sourceCrop);
         rotFlags |= ovutils::ROT_PREROTATED;
diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp b/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp
index ab175cb..bf00964 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp
@@ -1958,12 +1958,12 @@
     if(isYuvBuffer(hnd) && (transform & HWC_TRANSFORM_ROT_90)) {
         (*rot) = ctx->mRotMgr->getNext();
         if((*rot) == NULL) return -1;
+        ctx->mLayerRotMap[mDpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         //Configure rotator for pre-rotation
         if(configRotator(*rot, whf, crop, mdpFlagsL, orient, downscale) < 0) {
             ALOGE("%s: configRotator failed!", __FUNCTION__);
             return -1;
         }
-        ctx->mLayerRotMap[mDpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         whf.format = (*rot)->getDstFormat();
         updateSource(orient, whf, crop);
         rotFlags |= ROT_PREROTATED;
diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.cpp b/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.cpp
index 19716d6..3f5d77a 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.cpp
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.cpp
@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@
             ((transform & HWC_TRANSFORM_ROT_90) || downscale)) {
         *rot = ctx->mRotMgr->getNext();
         if(*rot == NULL) return -1;
+        ctx->mLayerRotMap[dpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         if(!dpy)
             BwcPM::setBwc(crop, dst, transform, mdpFlags);
         //Configure rotator for pre-rotation
@@ -1614,7 +1615,6 @@
             ALOGE("%s: configRotator failed!", __FUNCTION__);
             return -1;
         }
-        ctx->mLayerRotMap[dpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         whf.format = (*rot)->getDstFormat();
         updateSource(orient, whf, crop);
         rotFlags |= ovutils::ROT_PREROTATED;
@@ -1715,12 +1715,12 @@
     if(isYuvBuffer(hnd) && (transform & HWC_TRANSFORM_ROT_90)) {
         (*rot) = ctx->mRotMgr->getNext();
         if((*rot) == NULL) return -1;
+        ctx->mLayerRotMap[dpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         //Configure rotator for pre-rotation
         if(configRotator(*rot, whf, crop, mdpFlagsL, orient, downscale) < 0) {
             ALOGE("%s: configRotator failed!", __FUNCTION__);
             return -1;
         }
-        ctx->mLayerRotMap[dpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         whf.format = (*rot)->getDstFormat();
         updateSource(orient, whf, crop);
         rotFlags |= ROT_PREROTATED;
@@ -1843,6 +1843,7 @@
     if(isYuvBuffer(hnd) && (transform & HWC_TRANSFORM_ROT_90)) {
         (*rot) = ctx->mRotMgr->getNext();
         if((*rot) == NULL) return -1;
+        ctx->mLayerRotMap[dpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         if(!dpy)
             BwcPM::setBwc(crop, dst, transform, mdpFlagsL);
         //Configure rotator for pre-rotation
@@ -1850,7 +1851,6 @@
             ALOGE("%s: configRotator failed!", __FUNCTION__);
             return -1;
         }
-        ctx->mLayerRotMap[dpy]->add(layer, *rot);
         whf.format = (*rot)->getDstFormat();
         updateSource(orient, whf, crop);
         rotFlags |= ROT_PREROTATED;