diff --git a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
index 79b453d..0ae3eb4 100644
--- a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
+++ b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
 
 static bool useUncached(int usage)
 {
-    if (usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_UNCACHED)
+    if (usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_UNCACHED ||
+        usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_SW_WRITE_RARELY  ||
+        usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_SW_READ_RARELY)
         return true;
     return false;
 }