diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.cpp
index fd645c7..fe18a3e 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.cpp
@@ -4778,6 +4778,26 @@
     return submitRequestSuccess;
 }
 
+status_t Camera3Device::removeFwkOnlyRegionKeys(CameraMetadata *request) {
+    static const std::array<uint32_t, 4> kFwkOnlyRegionKeys = {ANDROID_CONTROL_AF_REGIONS_SET,
+        ANDROID_CONTROL_AE_REGIONS_SET, ANDROID_CONTROL_AWB_REGIONS_SET,
+        ANDROID_SCALER_CROP_REGION_SET};
+    if (request == nullptr) {
+        ALOGE("%s request metadata nullptr", __FUNCTION__);
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+    status_t res = OK;
+    for (const auto &key : kFwkOnlyRegionKeys) {
+        if (request->exists(key)) {
+            res = request->erase(key);
+            if (res != OK) {
+                return res;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return OK;
+}
+
 status_t Camera3Device::RequestThread::prepareHalRequests() {
     ATRACE_CALL();
 
@@ -4837,6 +4857,12 @@
                             it != captureRequest->mSettingsList.end(); it++) {
                         if (parent->mUHRCropAndMeteringRegionMappers.find(it->cameraId) ==
                                 parent->mUHRCropAndMeteringRegionMappers.end()) {
+                            if (removeFwkOnlyRegionKeys(&(it->metadata)) != OK) {
+                                SET_ERR("RequestThread: Unable to remove fwk-only keys from request"
+                                        "%d: %s (%d)", halRequest->frame_number, strerror(-res),
+                                        res);
+                                return INVALID_OPERATION;
+                            }
                             continue;
                         }
 
@@ -4851,6 +4877,12 @@
                                 return INVALID_OPERATION;
                             }
                             captureRequest->mUHRCropAndMeteringRegionsUpdated = true;
+                            if (removeFwkOnlyRegionKeys(&(it->metadata)) != OK) {
+                                SET_ERR("RequestThread: Unable to remove fwk-only keys from request"
+                                        "%d: %s (%d)", halRequest->frame_number, strerror(-res),
+                                        res);
+                                return INVALID_OPERATION;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.h b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.h
index 39714f0..5b2a45b 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.h
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.h
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
 
   private:
     status_t disconnectImpl();
+    static status_t removeFwkOnlyRegionKeys(CameraMetadata *request);
 
     // internal typedefs
     using RequestMetadataQueue = hardware::MessageQueue<uint8_t, hardware::kSynchronizedReadWrite>;