diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
index f2497d4..caeb575 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
@@ -785,10 +785,12 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (forceUpdate || 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::Metadata)) {
+        if (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 028bd19..5631fac 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/RequestedLayerState.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/RequestedLayerState.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
                 changes |= RequestedLayerState::Changes::GameMode;
             }
         }
+        changes |= RequestedLayerState::Changes::Metadata;
     }
     if (clientState.what & layer_state_t::eFrameRateChanged) {
         const auto compatibility =