diff --git a/camera/aidl/android/hardware/ICameraServiceProxy.aidl b/camera/aidl/android/hardware/ICameraServiceProxy.aidl
index bbb0289..3d78aef 100644
--- a/camera/aidl/android/hardware/ICameraServiceProxy.aidl
+++ b/camera/aidl/android/hardware/ICameraServiceProxy.aidl
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@
     oneway void notifyCameraState(in CameraSessionStats cameraSessionStats);
 
     /**
-     * Reports whether the top activity needs a rotate and crop override.
+     * Returns the necessary rotate and crop override for the top activity which
+     * will be one of ({@link android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata#SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_NONE},
+     * {@link android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata#SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_90},
+     * {@link android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata#SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_180},
+     * {@link android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata#SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_270}).
      */
-    boolean isRotateAndCropOverrideNeeded(String packageName, int sensorOrientation,
-            int lensFacing);
+    int getRotateAndCropOverride(String packageName, int lensFacing);
 }
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
index f51ebce..7dd8374 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
@@ -1834,10 +1834,9 @@
         // Set rotate-and-crop override behavior
         if (mOverrideRotateAndCropMode != ANDROID_SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_AUTO) {
             client->setRotateAndCropOverride(mOverrideRotateAndCropMode);
-        } else if ((effectiveApiLevel == API_2) &&
-                CameraServiceProxyWrapper::isRotateAndCropOverrideNeeded(clientPackageName,
-                        orientation, facing) ) {
-            client->setRotateAndCropOverride(ANDROID_SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_90);
+        } else if (effectiveApiLevel == API_2) {
+            client->setRotateAndCropOverride(CameraServiceProxyWrapper::getRotateAndCropOverride(
+                    clientPackageName, facing));
         }
 
         // Set camera muting behavior
@@ -2218,13 +2217,9 @@
         if (current != nullptr) {
             const auto basicClient = current->getValue();
             if (basicClient.get() != nullptr && basicClient->canCastToApiClient(API_2)) {
-                if (CameraServiceProxyWrapper::isRotateAndCropOverrideNeeded(
-                            basicClient->getPackageName(), basicClient->getCameraOrientation(),
-                            basicClient->getCameraFacing())) {
-                    basicClient->setRotateAndCropOverride(ANDROID_SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_90);
-                } else {
-                    basicClient->setRotateAndCropOverride(ANDROID_SCALER_ROTATE_AND_CROP_NONE);
-                }
+                basicClient->setRotateAndCropOverride(
+                        CameraServiceProxyWrapper::getRotateAndCropOverride(
+                            basicClient->getPackageName(), basicClient->getCameraFacing()));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.cpp
index 76927c0..8d170f1 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.cpp
@@ -120,13 +120,11 @@
     proxyBinder->pingForUserUpdate();
 }
 
-bool CameraServiceProxyWrapper::isRotateAndCropOverrideNeeded(
-        String16 packageName, int sensorOrientation, int lensFacing) {
+int CameraServiceProxyWrapper::getRotateAndCropOverride(String16 packageName, int lensFacing) {
     sp<ICameraServiceProxy> proxyBinder = getCameraServiceProxy();
     if (proxyBinder == nullptr) return true;
-    bool ret = true;
-    auto status = proxyBinder->isRotateAndCropOverrideNeeded(packageName, sensorOrientation,
-            lensFacing, &ret);
+    int ret = 0;
+    auto status = proxyBinder->getRotateAndCropOverride(packageName, lensFacing, &ret);
     if (!status.isOk()) {
         ALOGE("%s: Failed during top activity orientation query: %s", __FUNCTION__,
                 status.exceptionMessage().c_str());
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.h b/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.h
index ad9db68..a51e568 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.h
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/utils/CameraServiceProxyWrapper.h
@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@
     // Ping camera service proxy for user update
     static void pingCameraServiceProxy();
 
-    // Check whether the current top activity needs a rotate and crop override.
-    static bool isRotateAndCropOverrideNeeded(String16 packageName, int sensorOrientation,
-            int lensFacing);
+    // Return the current top activity rotate and crop override.
+    static int getRotateAndCropOverride(String16 packageName, int lensFacing);
 };
 
 } // android