diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
index 1205a2c..6314d28 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
@@ -1213,7 +1213,8 @@
     if (outputState.isSecure && supportsProtectedContent) {
         auto layers = getOutputLayersOrderedByZ();
         bool needsProtected = std::any_of(layers.begin(), layers.end(), [](auto* layer) {
-            return layer->getLayerFE().getCompositionState()->hasProtectedContent;
+            return layer->getLayerFE().getCompositionState()->hasProtectedContent
+                    && layer->requiresClientComposition();
         });
         if (needsProtected != mRenderSurface->isProtected()) {
             mRenderSurface->setProtected(needsProtected);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp
index bf2d568..774dc91 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp
@@ -3992,6 +3992,7 @@
         Layer() {
             EXPECT_CALL(*mLayerFE, getCompositionState()).WillRepeatedly(Return(&mLayerFEState));
             EXPECT_CALL(mOutputLayer, getLayerFE()).WillRepeatedly(ReturnRef(*mLayerFE));
+            EXPECT_CALL(mOutputLayer, requiresClientComposition()).WillRepeatedly(Return(true));
         }
 
         StrictMock<mock::OutputLayer> mOutputLayer;
@@ -4970,5 +4971,69 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(mLayers[2].mLayerSettings, requests[0]);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Output::updateProtectedContentState()
+ */
+
+struct OutputUpdateProtectedContentStateTest : public testing::Test {
+    struct OutputPartialMock : public OutputPartialMockBase {
+        // Sets up the helper functions called by the function under test to use
+        // mock implementations.
+        MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(getCompositionEngine, const CompositionEngine&());
+    };
+
+    OutputUpdateProtectedContentStateTest() {
+        mOutput.setRenderSurfaceForTest(std::unique_ptr<RenderSurface>(mRenderSurface));
+        EXPECT_CALL(mOutput, getCompositionEngine()).WillRepeatedly(ReturnRef(mCompositionEngine));
+        EXPECT_CALL(mCompositionEngine, getRenderEngine()).WillRepeatedly(ReturnRef(mRenderEngine));
+        EXPECT_CALL(mOutput, getOutputLayerCount()).WillRepeatedly(Return(2u));
+        EXPECT_CALL(mOutput, getOutputLayerOrderedByZByIndex(0))
+                .WillRepeatedly(Return(&mLayer1.mOutputLayer));
+        EXPECT_CALL(mOutput, getOutputLayerOrderedByZByIndex(1))
+                .WillRepeatedly(Return(&mLayer2.mOutputLayer));
+    }
+
+    struct Layer {
+        Layer() {
+            EXPECT_CALL(*mLayerFE, getCompositionState()).WillRepeatedly(Return(&mLayerFEState));
+            EXPECT_CALL(mOutputLayer, getLayerFE()).WillRepeatedly(ReturnRef(*mLayerFE));
+        }
+
+        StrictMock<mock::OutputLayer> mOutputLayer;
+        sp<StrictMock<mock::LayerFE>> mLayerFE = sp<StrictMock<mock::LayerFE>>::make();
+        LayerFECompositionState mLayerFEState;
+    };
+
+    mock::RenderSurface* mRenderSurface = new StrictMock<mock::RenderSurface>();
+    StrictMock<OutputPartialMock> mOutput;
+    StrictMock<mock::CompositionEngine> mCompositionEngine;
+    StrictMock<renderengine::mock::RenderEngine> mRenderEngine;
+    Layer mLayer1;
+    Layer mLayer2;
+};
+
+TEST_F(OutputUpdateProtectedContentStateTest, ifProtectedContentLayerComposeByHWC) {
+    mOutput.mState.isSecure = true;
+    mLayer1.mLayerFEState.hasProtectedContent = false;
+    mLayer2.mLayerFEState.hasProtectedContent = true;
+    EXPECT_CALL(mRenderEngine, supportsProtectedContent()).WillRepeatedly(Return(true));
+    EXPECT_CALL(*mRenderSurface, isProtected).WillOnce(Return(false));
+    EXPECT_CALL(mLayer1.mOutputLayer, requiresClientComposition()).WillRepeatedly(Return(true));
+    EXPECT_CALL(mLayer2.mOutputLayer, requiresClientComposition()).WillRepeatedly(Return(false));
+    mOutput.updateProtectedContentState();
+}
+
+TEST_F(OutputUpdateProtectedContentStateTest, ifProtectedContentLayerComposeByClient) {
+    mOutput.mState.isSecure = true;
+    mLayer1.mLayerFEState.hasProtectedContent = false;
+    mLayer2.mLayerFEState.hasProtectedContent = true;
+    EXPECT_CALL(mRenderEngine, supportsProtectedContent()).WillRepeatedly(Return(true));
+    EXPECT_CALL(*mRenderSurface, isProtected).WillOnce(Return(false));
+    EXPECT_CALL(*mRenderSurface, setProtected(true));
+    EXPECT_CALL(mLayer1.mOutputLayer, requiresClientComposition()).WillRepeatedly(Return(true));
+    EXPECT_CALL(mLayer2.mOutputLayer, requiresClientComposition()).WillRepeatedly(Return(true));
+    mOutput.updateProtectedContentState();
+}
+
 } // namespace
 } // namespace android::compositionengine