diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
index 47fd700..c874db3 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@
         updateSnapshot(*snapshot, args, *layer, parentSnapshot, traversalPath);
     }
 
+    bool childHasValidFrameRate = false;
     for (auto& [childHierarchy, variant] : hierarchy.mChildren) {
         LayerHierarchy::ScopedAddToTraversalPath addChildToPath(traversalPath,
                                                                 childHierarchy->getLayer()->id,
@@ -568,7 +569,8 @@
         const LayerSnapshot& childSnapshot =
                 updateSnapshotsInHierarchy(args, *childHierarchy, traversalPath, *snapshot,
                                            depth + 1);
-        updateFrameRateFromChildSnapshot(*snapshot, childSnapshot, args);
+        updateFrameRateFromChildSnapshot(*snapshot, childSnapshot, *childHierarchy->getLayer(),
+                                         args, &childHasValidFrameRate);
     }
 
     return *snapshot;
@@ -675,9 +677,10 @@
     }
 }
 
-void LayerSnapshotBuilder::updateFrameRateFromChildSnapshot(LayerSnapshot& snapshot,
-                                                            const LayerSnapshot& childSnapshot,
-                                                            const Args& args) {
+void LayerSnapshotBuilder::updateFrameRateFromChildSnapshot(
+        LayerSnapshot& snapshot, const LayerSnapshot& childSnapshot,
+        const RequestedLayerState& /* requestedChildState */, const Args& args,
+        bool* outChildHasValidFrameRate) {
     if (args.forceUpdate == ForceUpdateFlags::NONE &&
         !args.layerLifecycleManager.getGlobalChanges().any(
                 RequestedLayerState::Changes::Hierarchy) &&
@@ -687,7 +690,7 @@
     }
 
     using FrameRateCompatibility = scheduler::FrameRateCompatibility;
-    if (snapshot.frameRate.isValid()) {
+    if (snapshot.inheritedFrameRate.isValid() || *outChildHasValidFrameRate) {
         // we already have a valid framerate.
         return;
     }
@@ -704,13 +707,18 @@
     const auto layerVotedWithExactCompatibility = childSnapshot.frameRate.vote.rate.isValid() &&
             childSnapshot.frameRate.vote.type == FrameRateCompatibility::Exact;
 
-    bool childHasValidFrameRate = layerVotedWithDefaultCompatibility || layerVotedWithNoVote ||
+    *outChildHasValidFrameRate |= layerVotedWithDefaultCompatibility || layerVotedWithNoVote ||
             layerVotedWithCategory || layerVotedWithExactCompatibility;
 
     // If we don't have a valid frame rate, but the children do, we set this
     // layer as NoVote to allow the children to control the refresh rate
-    if (childHasValidFrameRate) {
-        snapshot.frameRate = scheduler::LayerInfo::FrameRate(Fps(), FrameRateCompatibility::NoVote);
+    static const auto noVote =
+            scheduler::LayerInfo::FrameRate(Fps(), FrameRateCompatibility::NoVote);
+    if (*outChildHasValidFrameRate) {
+        snapshot.frameRate = noVote;
+        snapshot.changes |= RequestedLayerState::Changes::FrameRate;
+    } else if (snapshot.frameRate != snapshot.inheritedFrameRate) {
+        snapshot.frameRate = snapshot.inheritedFrameRate;
         snapshot.changes |= RequestedLayerState::Changes::FrameRate;
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.h b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.h
index f3c56a4..207e23a 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.h
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@
                                   const RequestedLayerState& layer,
                                   const LayerSnapshot& parentSnapshot);
     void updateFrameRateFromChildSnapshot(LayerSnapshot& snapshot,
-                                          const LayerSnapshot& childSnapshot, const Args& args);
+                                          const LayerSnapshot& childSnapshot,
+                                          const RequestedLayerState& requestedCHildState,
+                                          const Args& args, bool* outChildHasValidFrameRate);
     void updateTouchableRegionCrop(const Args& args);
 
     std::unordered_map<LayerHierarchy::TraversalPath, LayerSnapshot*,