--- a/dom/animation/test/chrome/test_animation_performance_warning.html
+++ b/dom/animation/test/chrome/test_animation_performance_warning.html
@@ -1190,20 +1190,19 @@ function start() {
         [ {
           property: 'transform',
           runningOnCompositor: false,
           warning: expectedWarning
         } ]);
       animation.effect.target.style = 'width: 100px; height: 100px';
       return waitForFrame();
     }).then(() => {
-      // FIXME: Bug 1253164: the animation should get back on compositor.
       assert_animation_property_state_equals(
         animation.effect.getProperties(),
-        [ { property: 'transform', runningOnCompositor: false } ]);
+        [ { property: 'transform', runningOnCompositor: true } ]);
     });
   }, 'transform on too big element - area');
 
   promise_test(t => {
     var animation = addDivAndAnimate(t,
                                      { class: 'compositable' },
                                      { transform: [ 'translate(0px)',
                                                     'translate(100px)'] },
@@ -1226,20 +1225,19 @@ function start() {
         [ {
           property: 'transform',
           runningOnCompositor: false,
           warning: expectedWarning
         } ]);
       animation.effect.target.style = 'width: 100px; height: 100px';
       return waitForFrame();
     }).then(() => {
-      // FIXME: Bug 1253164: the animation should get back on compositor.
       assert_animation_property_state_equals(
         animation.effect.getProperties(),
-        [ { property: 'transform', runningOnCompositor: false } ]);
+        [ { property: 'transform', runningOnCompositor: true } ]);
     });
   }, 'transform on too big element - dimensions');
 
   promise_test(t => {
     var svg  = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
     svg.setAttribute('width', '100');
     svg.setAttribute('height', '100');
     var rect = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'rect');

--- a/layout/painting/nsDisplayList.cpp
+++ b/layout/painting/nsDisplayList.cpp
@@ -8719,16 +8719,20 @@ already_AddRefed<Layer> nsDisplayTransfo
   // Add the preserve-3d flag for this layer, BuildContainerLayerFor clears all flags,
   // so we never need to explicitely unset this flag.
   if (mFrame->Extend3DContext() && !mNoExtendContext) {
     container->SetContentFlags(container->GetContentFlags() | Layer::CONTENT_EXTEND_3D_CONTEXT);
   } else {
     container->SetContentFlags(container->GetContentFlags() & ~Layer::CONTENT_EXTEND_3D_CONTEXT);
   }
 
+  if (mAllowAsyncAnimation) {
+    mFrame->SetProperty(nsIFrame::RefusedAsyncAnimationProperty(), false);
+  }
+
   nsDisplayListBuilder::AddAnimationsAndTransitionsToLayer(container, aBuilder,
                                                            this, mFrame,
                                                            eCSSProperty_transform);
   if (mAllowAsyncAnimation && MayBeAnimated(aBuilder)) {
     // Only allow async updates to the transform if we're an animated layer, since that's what
     // triggers us to set the correct AGR in the constructor and makes sure FrameLayerBuilder
     // won't compute occlusions for this layer.
     container->SetUserData(nsIFrame::LayerIsPrerenderedDataKey(),