diff --git a/gfx/layers/ThebesLayerBuffer.cpp b/gfx/layers/ThebesLayerBuffer.cpp
index 852155e7cf5..fbd36827584 100644
--- a/gfx/layers/ThebesLayerBuffer.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/ThebesLayerBuffer.cpp
@@ -506,6 +506,20 @@ ComputeBufferRect(const nsIntRect& aRequestedRect)
   // rendering glitch, and guarantees image rows can be SIMD'd for
   // even r5g6b5 surfaces pretty much everywhere.
   rect.width = std::max(aRequestedRect.width, 64);
+#ifdef MOZ_WIDGET_GONK
+  // Set a minumum height to guarantee a minumum height of buffers we
+  // allocate. Some GL implementations fail to render gralloc textures
+  // with a height 9px-16px. It happens on Adreno 200. Adreno 320 does not
+  // have this problem. 32 is choosed as alignment of gralloc buffers.
+  // See Bug 873937.
+  // Increase the height only when the requested height is more than 0.
+  // See Bug 895976.
+  // XXX it might be better to disable it on the gpu that does not have
+  // the height problem.
+  if (rect.height > 0) {
+    rect.height = std::max(aRequestedRect.height, 32);
+  }
+#endif
   return rect;
 }