diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
index 4cdd8fa..0f72a46 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     uid_t callingUid;
     uint32_t textureName;
     std::optional<uint32_t> sequence = std::nullopt;
+    bool addToRoot = true;
 };
 
 class Layer : public virtual RefBase, compositionengine::LayerFE {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 38d9f10..e308c80 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -4571,7 +4571,7 @@
                                                 args.name, mirrorFrom->sequence);
     }
     return addClientLayer(args.client, *outHandle, mirrorLayer /* layer */, nullptr /* parent */,
-                          false /* addAsRoot */, nullptr /* outTransformHint */);
+                          false /* addToRoot */, nullptr /* outTransformHint */);
 }
 
 status_t SurfaceFlinger::createLayer(LayerCreationArgs& args, sp<IBinder>* outHandle,
@@ -4611,7 +4611,7 @@
         return result;
     }
 
-    bool addToRoot = callingThreadHasUnscopedSurfaceFlingerAccess();
+    bool addToRoot = args.addToRoot && callingThreadHasUnscopedSurfaceFlingerAccess();
     wp<Layer> parent(parentHandle != nullptr ? fromHandle(parentHandle) : parentLayer);
     if (parentHandle != nullptr && parent == nullptr) {
         ALOGE("Invalid parent handle %p.", parentHandle.get());