diff --git a/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.cpp b/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.cpp
index a730bde819..c8f2aeaa80 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ GrDrawOpAtlas::GrDrawOpAtlas(
         , fGenerationCounter(generationCounter)
         , fAtlasGeneration(fGenerationCounter->next())
         , fPrevFlushToken(GrDeferredUploadToken::AlreadyFlushedToken())
-        , fFlushesSinceLastUse(0)
         , fMaxPages(AllowMultitexturing::kYes == allowMultitexturing ? kMaxMultitexturePages : 1)
         , fNumActivePages(0) {
     int numPlotsX = width/plotWidth;
@@ -408,13 +407,11 @@ GrDrawOpAtlas::ErrorCode GrDrawOpAtlas::addToAtlas(GrResourceProvider* resourceP
 }
 
 void GrDrawOpAtlas::compact(GrDeferredUploadToken startTokenForNextFlush) {
-    if (fNumActivePages < 1) {
+    if (fNumActivePages <= 1) {
         fPrevFlushToken = startTokenForNextFlush;
         return;
     }
 
-    ++fFlushesSinceLastUse;
-
     // For all plots, reset number of flushes since used if used this frame.
     PlotList::Iter plotIter;
     bool atlasUsedThisFlush = false;
@@ -431,11 +428,11 @@ void GrDrawOpAtlas::compact(GrDeferredUploadToken startTokenForNextFlush) {
         }
     }
 
-    // We only try to compact if the atlas was used in the recently completed flush or
-    // hasn't been used in a long time.
+    // We only try to compact if the atlas was used in the recently completed flush.
     // This is to handle the case where a lot of text or path rendering has occurred but then just
     // a blinking cursor is drawn.
-    if (atlasUsedThisFlush || fFlushesSinceLastUse > kRecentlyUsedCount) {
+    // TODO: consider if we should also do this if it's been a long time since the last atlas use
+    if (atlasUsedThisFlush) {
         SkTArray<Plot*> availablePlots;
         uint32_t lastPageIndex = fNumActivePages - 1;
 
@@ -540,16 +537,14 @@ void GrDrawOpAtlas::compact(GrDeferredUploadToken startTokenForNextFlush) {
         }
 
         // If none of the plots in the last page have been used recently, delete it.
-        if (!usedPlots || fFlushesSinceLastUse > kRecentlyUsedCount) {
+        if (!usedPlots) {
 #ifdef DUMP_ATLAS_DATA
             if (gDumpAtlasData) {
-                SkDebugf("delete %d\n", fNumActivePages-1);
+                SkDebugf("delete %d\n", fNumPages-1);
             }
 #endif
             this->deactivateLastPage();
         }
-
-        fFlushesSinceLastUse = 0;
     }
 
     fPrevFlushToken = startTokenForNextFlush;
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.h b/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.h
index 059d4aef9b..49d503350c 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.h
+++ b/src/gpu/GrDrawOpAtlas.h
@@ -435,9 +435,6 @@ private:
     // nextTokenToFlush() value at the end of the previous flush
     GrDeferredUploadToken fPrevFlushToken;
 
-    // the number of flushes since this atlas has been last used
-    int                   fFlushesSinceLastUse;
-
     std::vector<EvictionCallback*> fEvictionCallbacks;
 
     struct Page {