diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
index 28168c3..790dfb5 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
@@ -1178,6 +1178,11 @@
                 FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren;
     }
 
+    bool shouldPropagateFrameRate() const {
+        return getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy !=
+                FrameRateSelectionStrategy::DoNotPropagate;
+    }
+
     // Cached properties computed from drawing state
     // Effective transform taking into account parent transforms and any parent scaling, which is
     // a transform from the current layer coordinate space to display(screen) coordinate space.