diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index b930477..2df3c22 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -6509,7 +6509,7 @@
             [=, renderAreaFuture = std::move(renderAreaFuture)]() FTL_FAKE_GUARD(
                     kMainThreadContext) mutable -> ftl::SharedFuture<FenceResult> {
                 ScreenCaptureResults captureResults;
-                std::unique_ptr<RenderArea> renderArea = renderAreaFuture.get();
+                std::shared_ptr<RenderArea> renderArea = renderAreaFuture.get();
                 if (!renderArea) {
                     ALOGW("Skipping screen capture because of invalid render area.");
                     if (captureListener) {
@@ -6521,7 +6521,7 @@
 
                 ftl::SharedFuture<FenceResult> renderFuture;
                 renderArea->render([&]() FTL_FAKE_GUARD(kMainThreadContext) {
-                    renderFuture = renderScreenImpl(std::move(renderArea), traverseLayers, buffer,
+                    renderFuture = renderScreenImpl(renderArea, traverseLayers, buffer,
                                                     canCaptureBlackoutContent, regionSampling,
                                                     grayscale, captureResults);
                 });
@@ -6549,7 +6549,7 @@
 }
 
 ftl::SharedFuture<FenceResult> SurfaceFlinger::renderScreenImpl(
-        std::unique_ptr<RenderArea> renderArea, TraverseLayersFunction traverseLayers,
+        std::shared_ptr<const RenderArea> renderArea, TraverseLayersFunction traverseLayers,
         const std::shared_ptr<renderengine::ExternalTexture>& buffer,
         bool canCaptureBlackoutContent, bool regionSampling, bool grayscale,
         ScreenCaptureResults& captureResults) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 7bb0514..2058e2f 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
             const std::shared_ptr<renderengine::ExternalTexture>&, bool regionSampling,
             bool grayscale, const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&);
     ftl::SharedFuture<FenceResult> renderScreenImpl(
-            std::unique_ptr<RenderArea>, TraverseLayersFunction,
+            std::shared_ptr<const RenderArea>, TraverseLayersFunction,
             const std::shared_ptr<renderengine::ExternalTexture>&, bool canCaptureBlackoutContent,
             bool regionSampling, bool grayscale, ScreenCaptureResults&) EXCLUDES(mStateLock)
             REQUIRES(kMainThreadContext);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
index 2117084..113c518 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
         return mFlinger->setPowerModeInternal(display, mode);
     }
 
-    auto renderScreenImpl(std::unique_ptr<RenderArea> renderArea,
+    auto renderScreenImpl(std::shared_ptr<const RenderArea> renderArea,
                           SurfaceFlinger::TraverseLayersFunction traverseLayers,
                           const std::shared_ptr<renderengine::ExternalTexture>& buffer,
                           bool forSystem, bool regionSampling) {