diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.cc
index 6d19e6fe459..7aeb4ac0746 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.cc
@@ -15,13 +15,25 @@ bool ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHB() {
   __system_property_get("ro.com.google.clientidbase", clientidbase);
 
   auto api_level = android_get_device_api_level();
+  char first_api_level[PROP_VALUE_MAX];
+  __system_property_get("ro.product.first_api_level", first_api_level);
 
-  return ShouldDisableAHBInternal(clientidbase, api_level);
+  return ShouldDisableAHBInternal(clientidbase, first_api_level, api_level);
 }
 
 // static
 bool ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal(std::string_view clientidbase,
+                                           std::string_view first_api_level,
                                            uint32_t api_level) {
+  // Most devices that have updated to API 29 don't seem to correctly
+  // support AHBs: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/157113
+  if (first_api_level.compare("28") == 0 ||
+      first_api_level.compare("27") == 0 ||
+      first_api_level.compare("26") == 0 ||
+      first_api_level.compare("25") == 0 ||
+      first_api_level.compare("24") == 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
   // From local testing, neither the swapchain nor AHB import works, see also:
   // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/154068
   if (clientidbase == kAndroidHuawei && api_level <= 29) {
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.h b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.h
index 90f913b5af3..90f265ec612 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/shadow_realm.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class ShadowRealm {
 
   // For testing.
   static bool ShouldDisableAHBInternal(std::string_view clientidbase,
+                                       std::string_view first_api_level,
                                        uint32_t api_level);
 };
 
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/toolkit_android_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/toolkit_android_unittests.cc
index c96e04c2dfe..ca8837d732e 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/toolkit_android_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/android/toolkit_android_unittests.cc
@@ -136,11 +136,17 @@ TEST(ToolkitAndroidTest, CanPostAndWaitForFrameCallbacks) {
 }
 
 TEST(ToolkitAndroidTest, ShouldDisableAHB) {
-  EXPECT_FALSE(ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHB());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("android-huawei", "30", 30));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("something made up", "29", 29));
 
-  EXPECT_TRUE(ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("android-huawei", 29));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("android-huawei", 30));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("something made up", 29));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("android-huawei", "29", 29));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("something made up", "27", 29));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      ShadowRealm::ShouldDisableAHBInternal("android-huawei", "garbage", 29));
 }
 
 }  // namespace impeller::android::testing