diff --git a/display_list/dl_paint.h b/display_list/dl_paint.h
index 430d557a9de79..e88c6cc532cc8 100644
--- a/display_list/dl_paint.h
+++ b/display_list/dl_paint.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class DlPaint {
   // TODO(matanl): Remove this flag when the Skia backend is removed,
   // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/112498.
   bool isDitherHintForSkBackend() const {
-    return colorSource_ ? colorSource_->isDitherHintForSkBackend() : false;
+    return colorSource_ ? colorSource_->isGradient() : false;
   }
 
   bool isInvertColors() const { return isInvertColors_; }
diff --git a/display_list/effects/dl_color_source.h b/display_list/effects/dl_color_source.h
index 07eb89d95aaf6..11a141da9c905 100644
--- a/display_list/effects/dl_color_source.h
+++ b/display_list/effects/dl_color_source.h
@@ -120,17 +120,14 @@ class DlColorSource : public DlAttribute<DlColorSource, DlColorSourceType> {
   virtual bool isUIThreadSafe() const = 0;
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  /// @brief      If the underlying platform data should have dithering
-  ///             applied to it (if requested), this method returns true.
-  ///             In practice, this is only true for gradients and is only
-  ///             used by the Skia backend.
+  /// @brief      If the underlying platform data represents a gradient.
   ///
   ///             TODO(matanl): Remove this flag when the Skia backend is
   ///             removed, https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/112498.
   ///
   /// @return     True if the class represents the output of a gradient.
   ///
-  virtual bool isDitherHintForSkBackend() const { return false; }
+  virtual bool isGradient() const { return false; }
 
   // Return a DlColorColorSource pointer to this object iff it is an Color
   // type of ColorSource, otherwise return nullptr.
@@ -300,7 +297,7 @@ class DlGradientColorSourceBase : public DlMatrixColorSourceBase {
     return true;
   }
 
-  bool isDitherHintForSkBackend() const override { return true; }
+  bool isGradient() const override { return true; }
 
   DlTileMode tile_mode() const { return mode_; }
   int stop_count() const { return stop_count_; }
diff --git a/display_list/skia/dl_sk_canvas.cc b/display_list/skia/dl_sk_canvas.cc
index b0caa7f71866f..c2e84d3759335 100644
--- a/display_list/skia/dl_sk_canvas.cc
+++ b/display_list/skia/dl_sk_canvas.cc
@@ -27,18 +27,6 @@ SkPaint ToSk(const DlPaint& paint, bool force_stroke) {
   SkPaint sk_paint;
 
   sk_paint.setAntiAlias(paint.isAntiAlias());
-
-  // On the Impeller backend, we will only support dithering of *gradients*,
-  // and it will be enabled by default (without the option to disable it). Until
-  // Skia support is completely removed, we only want to respect the dither flag
-  // for gradients (otherwise it will also apply to, for example, images, which
-  // is not supported in Impeller).
-  //
-  // See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/112498.
-  if (paint.isDitherHintForSkBackend()) {
-    sk_paint.setDither(paint.isDither());
-  }
-
   sk_paint.setColor(paint.getColor());
   sk_paint.setBlendMode(ToSk(paint.getBlendMode()));
   sk_paint.setStyle(force_stroke ? SkPaint::kStroke_Style
@@ -59,6 +47,19 @@ SkPaint ToSk(const DlPaint& paint, bool force_stroke) {
     color_filter = invert_filter;
   }
   sk_paint.setColorFilter(color_filter);
+
+  // On the Impeller backend, we will only support dithering of *gradients*,
+  // and it will be enabled by default (without the option to disable it). Until
+  // Skia support is completely removed, we only want to respect the dither flag
+  // for gradients (otherwise it will also apply to, for example, images, which
+  // is not supported in Impeller).
+  //
+  // See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/112498.
+  auto color_source = paint.getColorSourcePtr();
+  if (color_source && color_source->isGradient()) {
+    sk_paint.setDither(paint.isDither());
+  }
+
   sk_paint.setMaskFilter(ToSk(paint.getMaskFilterPtr()));
   sk_paint.setPathEffect(ToSk(paint.getPathEffectPtr()));