diff --git a/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp b/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp
index f8797bf..6facf20 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/RenderNode.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,10 @@
     LayerType layerType = properties().effectiveLayerType();
     // If we are not a layer OR we cannot be rendered (eg, view was detached)
     // we need to destroy any Layers we may have had previously
-    if (CC_LIKELY(layerType != LayerType::RenderLayer) || CC_UNLIKELY(!isRenderable())) {
+    if (CC_LIKELY(layerType != LayerType::RenderLayer)
+            || CC_UNLIKELY(!isRenderable())
+            || CC_UNLIKELY(properties().getWidth() == 0)
+            || CC_UNLIKELY(properties().getHeight() == 0)) {
         if (CC_UNLIKELY(mLayer)) {
             destroyLayer(mLayer);
             mLayer = nullptr;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/RenderProperties.h b/libs/hwui/RenderProperties.h
index 696cc29..3952798 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/RenderProperties.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/RenderProperties.h
@@ -611,9 +611,7 @@
     bool fitsOnLayer() const {
         const DeviceInfo* deviceInfo = DeviceInfo::get();
         return mPrimitiveFields.mWidth <= deviceInfo->maxTextureSize()
-                        && mPrimitiveFields.mHeight <= deviceInfo->maxTextureSize()
-                        && mPrimitiveFields.mWidth > 0
-                        && mPrimitiveFields.mHeight > 0;
+                        && mPrimitiveFields.mHeight <= deviceInfo->maxTextureSize();
     }
 
     bool promotedToLayer() const {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/RenderPropertiesTests.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/RenderPropertiesTests.cpp
index 9001098..85655fc 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/RenderPropertiesTests.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/RenderPropertiesTests.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     props.setLeftTopRightBottom(0, 0, maxTextureSize + 1, maxTextureSize + 1);
     ASSERT_FALSE(props.fitsOnLayer());
 
-    // Too small - can't have 0 dimen layer
+    // Too small, but still 'fits'. Not fitting is an error case, so don't report empty as such.
     props.setLeftTopRightBottom(0, 0, 100, 0);
-    ASSERT_FALSE(props.fitsOnLayer());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(props.fitsOnLayer());
 }