diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/main/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreSurfaceView.java b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/main/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreSurfaceView.java
index 04acbc50f..086853d40 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/main/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreSurfaceView.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/main/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreSurfaceView.java
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public abstract class MapLibreSurfaceView extends SurfaceView implements Surface
     protected boolean requestPaused;
     protected boolean paused;
     protected boolean hasSurface;
-    protected boolean waitingForSurface;
+    protected boolean waitingForSurface = true;
     protected int width;
     protected int height;
     protected MapRenderer.RenderingRefreshMode renderMode;
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/vulkan/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreVulkanSurfaceView.java b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/vulkan/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreVulkanSurfaceView.java
index 756223889..543620458 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/vulkan/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreVulkanSurfaceView.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/vulkan/java/org/maplibre/android/maps/renderer/surfaceview/MapLibreVulkanSurfaceView.java
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ public class MapLibreVulkanSurfaceView extends MapLibreSurfaceView {
       }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean ableToDraw() {
+      return graphicsSurfaceCreated && readyToDraw();
+    }
+
     private boolean graphicsSurfaceCreated;
 
     private final WeakReference<MapLibreVulkanSurfaceView> mSurfaceViewWeakRef;