diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
index b96264b..ef9d118 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
         mActiveModeFpsTrace(concatId("ActiveModeFps")),
         mRenderRateFpsTrace(concatId("RenderRateFps")),
         mPhysicalOrientation(args.physicalOrientation),
+        mPowerMode(ftl::Concat("PowerMode ", getId().value).c_str(), args.initialPowerMode),
         mIsPrimary(args.isPrimary),
         mRequestedRefreshRate(args.requestedRefreshRate),
         mRefreshRateSelector(std::move(args.refreshRateSelector)),
@@ -106,9 +107,7 @@
 
     mCompositionDisplay->getRenderSurface()->initialize();
 
-    if (const auto powerModeOpt = args.initialPowerMode) {
-        setPowerMode(*powerModeOpt);
-    }
+    setPowerMode(args.initialPowerMode);
 
     // initialize the display orientation transform.
     setProjection(ui::ROTATION_0, Rect::INVALID_RECT, Rect::INVALID_RECT);
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@
 }
 
 void DisplayDevice::setPowerMode(hal::PowerMode mode) {
+    // TODO(b/241285876): Skip this for virtual displays.
     if (mode == hal::PowerMode::OFF || mode == hal::PowerMode::ON) {
         if (mStagedBrightness && mBrightness != mStagedBrightness) {
             getCompositionDisplay()->setNextBrightness(*mStagedBrightness);
@@ -182,33 +182,26 @@
         getCompositionDisplay()->applyDisplayBrightness(true);
     }
 
-    if (mPowerMode) {
-        *mPowerMode = mode;
-    } else {
-        mPowerMode.emplace("PowerMode -" + to_string(getId()), mode);
-    }
+    mPowerMode = mode;
 
     getCompositionDisplay()->setCompositionEnabled(isPoweredOn());
 }
 
 void DisplayDevice::tracePowerMode() {
-    // assign the same value for tracing
-    if (mPowerMode) {
-        const hal::PowerMode powerMode = *mPowerMode;
-        *mPowerMode = powerMode;
-    }
+    // Assign the same value for tracing.
+    mPowerMode = mPowerMode.get();
 }
 
 void DisplayDevice::enableLayerCaching(bool enable) {
     getCompositionDisplay()->setLayerCachingEnabled(enable);
 }
 
-std::optional<hal::PowerMode> DisplayDevice::getPowerMode() const {
+hal::PowerMode DisplayDevice::getPowerMode() const {
     return mPowerMode;
 }
 
 bool DisplayDevice::isPoweredOn() const {
-    return mPowerMode && *mPowerMode != hal::PowerMode::OFF;
+    return mPowerMode != hal::PowerMode::OFF;
 }
 
 void DisplayDevice::setActiveMode(DisplayModeId modeId, Fps vsyncRate, Fps renderFps) {