diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp
index acc7ed2..22d9dc6 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/CachedSet.cpp
@@ -378,10 +378,14 @@
     if (mLayers.size() == 1) {
         base::StringAppendF(&result, "    Layer [%s]\n", mLayers[0].getName().c_str());
         base::StringAppendF(&result, "    Buffer %p", mLayers[0].getBuffer().get());
+        base::StringAppendF(&result, "    Protected [%s]",
+                            mLayers[0].getState()->isProtected() ? "true" : "false");
     } else {
         result.append("    Cached set of:");
         for (const Layer& layer : mLayers) {
             base::StringAppendF(&result, "\n      Layer [%s]", layer.getName().c_str());
+            base::StringAppendF(&result, "\n      Protected [%s]",
+                                layer.getState()->isProtected() ? "true" : "false");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
index 2bcaf60..153cee3 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
         const bool layerIsInactive = now - currentSet->getLastUpdate() > mActiveLayerTimeout;
         const bool layerHasBlur = currentSet->hasBlurBehind();
         if (layerIsInactive && (firstLayer || runHasFirstLayer || !layerHasBlur) &&
-            !currentSet->hasHdrLayers() && !currentSet->hasProtectedLayers()) {
+            !currentSet->hasHdrLayers()) {
             if (isPartOfRun) {
                 builder.append(currentSet->getLayerCount());
             } else {
@@ -491,6 +491,14 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    for (const CachedSet& layer : mLayers) {
+        // TODO (b/191997217): make it less aggressive, and sync with findCandidateRuns
+        if (layer.hasProtectedLayers()) {
+            ATRACE_NAME("layer->hasProtectedLayers()");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     std::vector<Run> runs = findCandidateRuns(now);
 
     std::optional<Run> bestRun = findBestRun(runs);