diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
index 20f4de1..f6ca9e2 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
 
 namespace hal = hardware::graphics::composer::hal;
 
-ui::Transform::RotationFlags DisplayDevice::sPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags = ui::Transform::ROT_0;
-
 DisplayDeviceCreationArgs::DisplayDeviceCreationArgs(
         const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger, HWComposer& hwComposer, const wp<IBinder>& displayToken,
         std::shared_ptr<compositionengine::Display> compositionDisplay)
@@ -282,10 +280,6 @@
                                   Rect orientedDisplaySpaceRect) {
     mOrientation = orientation;
 
-    if (isPrimary()) {
-        sPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags = ui::Transform::toRotationFlags(orientation);
-    }
-
     // We need to take care of display rotation for globalTransform for case if the panel is not
     // installed aligned with device orientation.
     const auto transformOrientation = orientation + mPhysicalOrientation;
@@ -326,10 +320,6 @@
     return mStagedBrightness;
 }
 
-ui::Transform::RotationFlags DisplayDevice::getPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags() {
-    return sPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags;
-}
-
 void DisplayDevice::dump(utils::Dumper& dumper) const {
     using namespace std::string_view_literals;
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h
index 51876e7..dc5f8a8 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@
     ui::Rotation getPhysicalOrientation() const { return mPhysicalOrientation; }
     ui::Rotation getOrientation() const { return mOrientation; }
 
-    static ui::Transform::RotationFlags getPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags();
-
     std::optional<float> getStagedBrightness() const REQUIRES(kMainThreadContext);
     ui::Transform::RotationFlags getTransformHint() const;
     const ui::Transform& getTransform() const;
@@ -274,8 +272,6 @@
     const ui::Rotation mPhysicalOrientation;
     ui::Rotation mOrientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
 
-    static ui::Transform::RotationFlags sPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags;
-
     // Allow nullopt as initial power mode.
     using TracedPowerMode = TracedOrdinal<hardware::graphics::composer::hal::PowerMode>;
     std::optional<TracedPowerMode> mPowerMode;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/DisplayInfo.h b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/DisplayInfo.h
index 527f618..6502f36 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/DisplayInfo.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/DisplayInfo.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     ui::Transform transform;
     bool receivesInput;
     bool isSecure;
-    // TODO(b/238781169) can eliminate once sPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags is removed.
+    // TODO(b/259407931): can eliminate once SurfaceFlinger::sActiveDisplayRotationFlags is removed.
     bool isPrimary;
     bool isVirtual;
     ui::Transform::RotationFlags rotationFlags;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
index 7df3645..96ff70c 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerSnapshotBuilder.cpp
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@
     snapshot.relativeLayerMetadata.mMap.clear();
 }
 
+// TODO (b/259407931): Remove.
 uint32_t getPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags(const DisplayInfos& displays) {
     for (auto& [_, display] : displays) {
         if (display.isPrimary) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index a821466..bf9b13b 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -2977,7 +2977,7 @@
     if (mDrawingState.bufferTransform & ui::Transform::ROT_90) {
         std::swap(bufferWidth, bufferHeight);
     }
-    uint32_t invTransform = DisplayDevice::getPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags();
+    uint32_t invTransform = SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags();
     if (mDrawingState.transformToDisplayInverse) {
         if (invTransform & ui::Transform::ROT_90) {
             std::swap(bufferWidth, bufferHeight);
@@ -3304,7 +3304,7 @@
     }
 
     if (getTransformToDisplayInverse()) {
-        uint32_t invTransform = DisplayDevice::getPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags();
+        uint32_t invTransform = SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags();
         if (invTransform & ui::Transform::ROT_90) {
             std::swap(bufWidth, bufHeight);
         }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/LayerFE.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/LayerFE.cpp
index e713263..f855f27 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/LayerFE.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/LayerFE.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include <system/window.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 
-#include "DisplayDevice.h"
 #include "LayerFE.h"
+#include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
 
 namespace android {
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
          * the code below applies the primary display's inverse transform to
          * the texture transform
          */
-        uint32_t transform = DisplayDevice::getPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags();
+        uint32_t transform = SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags();
         mat4 tr = inverseOrientation(transform);
 
         /**
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index de0280c..0dff257 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@
             PermissionCache::checkPermission(permission, pid, uid);
 }
 
+ui::Transform::RotationFlags SurfaceFlinger::sActiveDisplayRotationFlags = ui::Transform::ROT_0;
+
 SurfaceFlinger::SurfaceFlinger(Factory& factory, SkipInitializationTag)
       : mFactory(factory),
         mPid(getpid()),
@@ -2531,7 +2533,7 @@
 
     refreshArgs.updatingOutputGeometryThisFrame = mVisibleRegionsDirty;
     refreshArgs.updatingGeometryThisFrame = mGeometryDirty.exchange(false) || mVisibleRegionsDirty;
-    refreshArgs.internalDisplayRotationFlags = DisplayDevice::getPrimaryDisplayRotationFlags();
+    refreshArgs.internalDisplayRotationFlags = getActiveDisplayRotationFlags();
 
     if (CC_UNLIKELY(mDrawingState.colorMatrixChanged)) {
         refreshArgs.colorTransformMatrix = mDrawingState.colorMatrix;
@@ -3475,6 +3477,8 @@
                                    currentState.orientedDisplaySpaceRect);
             if (display->getId() == mActiveDisplayId) {
                 mActiveDisplayTransformHint = display->getTransformHint();
+                sActiveDisplayRotationFlags =
+                        ui::Transform::toRotationFlags(display->getOrientation());
             }
         }
         if (currentState.width != drawingState.width ||
@@ -7875,6 +7879,7 @@
 
     onActiveDisplaySizeChanged(activeDisplay);
     mActiveDisplayTransformHint = activeDisplay.getTransformHint();
+    sActiveDisplayRotationFlags = ui::Transform::toRotationFlags(activeDisplay.getOrientation());
 
     // The policy of the new active/pacesetter display may have changed while it was inactive. In
     // that case, its preferred mode has not been propagated to HWC (via setDesiredActiveMode). In
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 1db2ab6..57a0d50 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -332,6 +332,14 @@
     const DisplayDevice* getDisplayFromLayerStack(ui::LayerStack)
             REQUIRES(mStateLock, kMainThreadContext);
 
+    // TODO (b/259407931): Remove.
+    // TODO (b/281857977): This should be annotated with REQUIRES(kMainThreadContext), but this
+    // would require thread safety annotations throughout the frontend (in particular Layer and
+    // LayerFE).
+    static ui::Transform::RotationFlags getActiveDisplayRotationFlags() {
+        return sActiveDisplayRotationFlags;
+    }
+
 protected:
     // We're reference counted, never destroy SurfaceFlinger directly
     virtual ~SurfaceFlinger();
@@ -1364,6 +1372,10 @@
 
     std::atomic<ui::Transform::RotationFlags> mActiveDisplayTransformHint;
 
+    // Must only be accessed on the main thread.
+    // TODO (b/259407931): Remove.
+    static ui::Transform::RotationFlags sActiveDisplayRotationFlags;
+
     bool isRefreshRateOverlayEnabled() const REQUIRES(mStateLock) {
         return hasDisplay(
                 [](const auto& display) { return display.isRefreshRateOverlayEnabled(); });
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7077523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#undef LOG_TAG
+#define LOG_TAG "LibSurfaceFlingerUnittests"
+
+#include "DisplayTransactionTestHelpers.h"
+
+#include <gmock/gmock.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace {
+
+struct ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest : DisplayTransactionTest {
+    static constexpr bool kWithMockScheduler = false;
+    ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest() : DisplayTransactionTest(kWithMockScheduler) {}
+
+    void SetUp() override {
+        injectMockScheduler(kInnerDisplayId);
+
+        // Inject inner and outer displays with uninitialized power modes.
+        constexpr bool kInitPowerMode = false;
+        {
+            InnerDisplayVariant::injectHwcDisplay<kInitPowerMode>(this);
+            auto injector = InnerDisplayVariant::makeFakeExistingDisplayInjector(this);
+            injector.setPowerMode(std::nullopt);
+            injector.setRefreshRateSelector(mFlinger.scheduler()->refreshRateSelector());
+            mInnerDisplay = injector.inject();
+        }
+        {
+            OuterDisplayVariant::injectHwcDisplay<kInitPowerMode>(this);
+            auto injector = OuterDisplayVariant::makeFakeExistingDisplayInjector(this);
+            injector.setPowerMode(std::nullopt);
+            mOuterDisplay = injector.inject();
+        }
+
+        mFlinger.setPowerModeInternal(mInnerDisplay, PowerMode::ON);
+        mFlinger.setPowerModeInternal(mOuterDisplay, PowerMode::ON);
+
+        // The flags are a static variable, so by modifying them in the test, we
+        // are modifying the real ones used by SurfaceFlinger. Save the original
+        // flags so we can restore them on teardown. This isn't perfect - the
+        // phone may have been rotated during the test, so we're restoring the
+        // wrong flags. But if the phone is rotated, this may also fail the test.
+        mOldRotationFlags = mFlinger.mutableActiveDisplayRotationFlags();
+
+        // Reset to the expected default state.
+        mFlinger.mutableActiveDisplayRotationFlags() = ui::Transform::ROT_0;
+    }
+
+    void TearDown() override { mFlinger.mutableActiveDisplayRotationFlags() = mOldRotationFlags; }
+
+    static inline PhysicalDisplayId kInnerDisplayId = InnerDisplayVariant::DISPLAY_ID::get();
+    static inline PhysicalDisplayId kOuterDisplayId = OuterDisplayVariant::DISPLAY_ID::get();
+
+    sp<DisplayDevice> mInnerDisplay, mOuterDisplay;
+    ui::Transform::RotationFlags mOldRotationFlags;
+};
+
+TEST_F(ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest, defaultRotation) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(ui::Transform::ROT_0, SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest, rotate90) {
+    auto displayToken = mInnerDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_90;
+
+    mFlinger.commitTransactionsLocked(eDisplayTransactionNeeded);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ui::Transform::ROT_90, SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest, rotate90_inactive) {
+    auto displayToken = mOuterDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_90;
+
+    mFlinger.commitTransactionsLocked(eDisplayTransactionNeeded);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ui::Transform::ROT_0, SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest, rotateBoth_innerActive) {
+    auto displayToken = mInnerDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_180;
+
+    displayToken = mOuterDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_270;
+
+    mFlinger.commitTransactionsLocked(eDisplayTransactionNeeded);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ui::Transform::ROT_180, SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest, rotateBoth_outerActive) {
+    mFlinger.mutableActiveDisplayId() = kOuterDisplayId;
+    auto displayToken = mInnerDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_180;
+
+    displayToken = mOuterDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_270;
+
+    mFlinger.commitTransactionsLocked(eDisplayTransactionNeeded);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ui::Transform::ROT_270, SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest, onActiveDisplayChanged) {
+    auto displayToken = mInnerDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_180;
+
+    displayToken = mOuterDisplay->getDisplayToken().promote();
+    mFlinger.mutableDrawingState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation = ui::ROTATION_0;
+    mFlinger.mutableCurrentState().displays.editValueFor(displayToken).orientation =
+            ui::ROTATION_270;
+
+    mFlinger.commitTransactionsLocked(eDisplayTransactionNeeded);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ui::Transform::ROT_180, SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags());
+
+    mFlinger.onActiveDisplayChanged(mInnerDisplay.get(), *mOuterDisplay);
+    ASSERT_EQ(ui::Transform::ROT_270, SurfaceFlinger::getActiveDisplayRotationFlags());
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace android
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
index 55705ca..70f8a83 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         ":libsurfaceflinger_mock_sources",
         ":libsurfaceflinger_sources",
         "libsurfaceflinger_unittest_main.cpp",
+        "ActiveDisplayRotationFlagsTest.cpp",
         "CompositionTest.cpp",
         "DisplayIdGeneratorTest.cpp",
         "DisplayTransactionTest.cpp",
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
index 780bbc4..3a8e2ff 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -617,6 +617,10 @@
     auto& mutablePrimaryHwcDisplayId() { return getHwComposer().mPrimaryHwcDisplayId; }
     auto& mutableActiveDisplayId() { return mFlinger->mActiveDisplayId; }
 
+    auto& mutableActiveDisplayRotationFlags() {
+        return SurfaceFlinger::sActiveDisplayRotationFlags;
+    }
+
     auto fromHandle(const sp<IBinder>& handle) { return LayerHandle::getLayer(handle); }
 
     ~TestableSurfaceFlinger() {