diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
index 8d26747..0918510 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/planner/Flattener.cpp
@@ -401,19 +401,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-namespace {
-bool isDisplayDecoration(const CachedSet& cachedSet) {
-    return cachedSet.getLayerCount() == 1 &&
-            cachedSet.getFirstLayer()
-                    .getState()
-                    ->getOutputLayer()
-                    ->getLayerFE()
-                    .getCompositionState()
-                    ->compositionType ==
-            aidl::android::hardware::graphics::composer3::Composition::DISPLAY_DECORATION;
-}
-} // namespace
-
 std::vector<Flattener::Run> Flattener::findCandidateRuns(time_point now) const {
     ATRACE_CALL();
     std::vector<Run> runs;
@@ -437,7 +424,7 @@
         }
 
         if (layerIsInactive && (firstLayer || runHasFirstLayer || !layerHasBlur) &&
-            !currentSet->hasUnsupportedDataspace() && !isDisplayDecoration(*currentSet)) {
+            !currentSet->hasUnsupportedDataspace()) {
             if (isPartOfRun) {
                 builder.increment();
             } else {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp
index 96c28c9..50e3a28 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/planner/FlattenerTest.cpp
@@ -1340,14 +1340,14 @@
     EXPECT_NE(nullptr, overrideBuffer4);
 }
 
-TEST_F(FlattenerTest, flattenLayers_skips_DISPLAY_DECORATION) {
+TEST_F(FlattenerTest, flattenLayers_includes_DISPLAY_DECORATION) {
     auto& layerState1 = mTestLayers[0]->layerState;
     const auto& overrideBuffer1 = layerState1->getOutputLayer()->getState().overrideInfo.buffer;
 
     auto& layerState2 = mTestLayers[1]->layerState;
     const auto& overrideBuffer2 = layerState2->getOutputLayer()->getState().overrideInfo.buffer;
 
-    // The third layer uses DISPLAY_DECORATION, which should never be cached.
+    // The third layer uses DISPLAY_DECORATION, which should be cached.
     auto& layerState3 = mTestLayers[2]->layerState;
     const auto& overrideBuffer3 = layerState3->getOutputLayer()->getState().overrideInfo.buffer;
     mTestLayers[2]->layerFECompositionState.compositionType =
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@
 
     EXPECT_NE(nullptr, overrideBuffer1);
     EXPECT_EQ(overrideBuffer1, overrideBuffer2);
-    EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, overrideBuffer3);
+    EXPECT_EQ(overrideBuffer1, overrideBuffer3);
 }
 
 } // namespace