diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/Display.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/Display.h
index c71c517..39748b8 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/Display.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/Display.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     virtual void createClientCompositionCache(uint32_t cacheSize) = 0;
 
     // Sends the brightness setting to HWC
-    virtual void applyDisplayBrightness(const bool applyImmediately) = 0;
+    virtual void applyDisplayBrightness(bool applyImmediately) = 0;
 
 protected:
     ~Display() = default;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h
index c53b461..2dc9a1a 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
             const compositionengine::DisplayColorProfileCreationArgs&) override;
     void createRenderSurface(const compositionengine::RenderSurfaceCreationArgs&) override;
     void createClientCompositionCache(uint32_t cacheSize) override;
-    void applyDisplayBrightness(const bool applyImmediately) override;
+    void applyDisplayBrightness(bool applyImmediately) override;
     void setSecure(bool secure) override;
 
     // Internal helpers used by chooseCompositionStrategy()
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp
index d907bf5..6428d08 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp
@@ -204,13 +204,12 @@
     setReleasedLayers(std::move(releasedLayers));
 }
 
-void Display::applyDisplayBrightness(const bool applyImmediately) {
-    auto& hwc = getCompositionEngine().getHwComposer();
-    const auto halDisplayId = HalDisplayId::tryCast(*getDisplayId());
-    if (const auto physicalDisplayId = PhysicalDisplayId::tryCast(*halDisplayId);
-        physicalDisplayId && getState().displayBrightness) {
+void Display::applyDisplayBrightness(bool applyImmediately) {
+    if (const auto displayId = ftl::Optional(getDisplayId()).and_then(PhysicalDisplayId::tryCast);
+        displayId && getState().displayBrightness) {
+        auto& hwc = getCompositionEngine().getHwComposer();
         const status_t result =
-                hwc.setDisplayBrightness(*physicalDisplayId, *getState().displayBrightness,
+                hwc.setDisplayBrightness(*displayId, *getState().displayBrightness,
                                          getState().displayBrightnessNits,
                                          Hwc2::Composer::DisplayBrightnessOptions{
                                                  .applyImmediately = applyImmediately})