diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
index caeb575..f2497d4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
@@ -785,12 +785,10 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (forceUpdate || snapshot.changes.test(RequestedLayerState::Changes::Metadata)) {
-        if (snapshot.changes.test(RequestedLayerState::Changes::GameMode)) {
-            snapshot.gameMode = requested.metadata.has(gui::METADATA_GAME_MODE)
-                    ? requested.gameMode
-                    : parentSnapshot.gameMode;
-        }
+    if (forceUpdate || snapshot.changes.test(RequestedLayerState::Changes::GameMode)) {
+        snapshot.gameMode = requested.metadata.has(gui::METADATA_GAME_MODE)
+                ? requested.gameMode
+                : parentSnapshot.gameMode;
         updateMetadata(snapshot, requested, args);
         if (args.includeMetadata) {
             snapshot.layerMetadata = parentSnapshot.layerMetadata;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/RequestedLayerState.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/RequestedLayerState.cpp
index 5631fac..028bd19 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/RequestedLayerState.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/RequestedLayerState.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@
                 changes |= RequestedLayerState::Changes::GameMode;
             }
         }
-        changes |= RequestedLayerState::Changes::Metadata;
     }
     if (clientState.what & layer_state_t::eFrameRateChanged) {
         const auto compatibility =