diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 949a161..f7800bb 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -3264,7 +3264,7 @@
 
     // If the layer had been updated a TextureView, this would make sure the present time could be
     // same to TextureView update when it's a small dirty, and get the correct heuristic rate.
-    if (mFlinger->mScheduler->supportSmallDirtyDetection()) {
+    if (mFlinger->mScheduler->supportSmallDirtyDetection(mOwnerAppId)) {
         if (mDrawingState.useVsyncIdForRefreshRateSelection) {
             mUsedVsyncIdForRefreshRateSelection = true;
         }
@@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        if (!mFlinger->mScheduler->supportSmallDirtyDetection()) {
+        if (!mFlinger->mScheduler->supportSmallDirtyDetection(mOwnerAppId)) {
             return static_cast<nsecs_t>(0);
         }
 
@@ -4440,7 +4440,7 @@
 void Layer::setIsSmallDirty(const Region& damageRegion,
                             const ui::Transform& layerToDisplayTransform) {
     mSmallDirty = false;
-    if (!mFlinger->mScheduler->supportSmallDirtyDetection()) {
+    if (!mFlinger->mScheduler->supportSmallDirtyDetection(mOwnerAppId)) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
index b91985e..aa8d54d 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@
 }
 
 void Scheduler::setSmallAreaDetectionThreshold(int32_t appId, float threshold) {
-    mSmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.setThesholdForAppId(appId, threshold);
+    mSmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.setThresholdForAppId(appId, threshold);
 }
 
 bool Scheduler::isSmallDirtyArea(int32_t appId, uint32_t dirtyArea) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.h
index 6547048..454ef83 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/Scheduler.h
@@ -323,9 +323,10 @@
 
     bool updateFrameRateOverrides(GlobalSignals, Fps displayRefreshRate) EXCLUDES(mPolicyLock);
 
-    // Returns true if the small dirty detection is enabled.
-    bool supportSmallDirtyDetection() const {
-        return mFeatures.test(Feature::kSmallDirtyContentDetection);
+    // Returns true if the small dirty detection is enabled for the appId.
+    bool supportSmallDirtyDetection(int32_t appId) {
+        return mFeatures.test(Feature::kSmallDirtyContentDetection) &&
+                mSmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.getThresholdForAppId(appId).has_value();
     }
 
     // Injects a delay that is a fraction of the predicted frame duration for the next frame.
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.cpp
index 38c6da4..7510ebf 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-void SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings::setThesholdForAppId(int32_t appId, float threshold) {
+void SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings::setThresholdForAppId(int32_t appId, float threshold) {
     if (!isValidThreshold(threshold)) return;
 
     std::lock_guard lock(mLock);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.h
index e10301c..4ec5e3b 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappings.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 public:
     void update(std::vector<std::pair<int32_t, float>>& appIdThresholdMappings);
-    void setThesholdForAppId(int32_t appId, float threshold) EXCLUDES(mLock);
+    void setThresholdForAppId(int32_t appId, float threshold) EXCLUDES(mLock);
     std::optional<float> getThresholdForAppId(int32_t uid) EXCLUDES(mLock);
 
 private:
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 2f7ff5d..848cbb5 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        const bool updateSmallDirty = mScheduler->supportSmallDirtyDetection() &&
+        const bool updateSmallDirty = FlagManager::getInstance().enable_small_area_detection() &&
                 ((snapshot->clientChanges & layer_state_t::eSurfaceDamageRegionChanged) ||
                  snapshot->changes.any(Changes::Geometry));
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappingsTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappingsTest.cpp
index 05f9eed..8615035 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappingsTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappingsTest.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
     ASSERT_EQ(mMappings.getThresholdForAppId(kAppId2).value(), kThreshold2);
 }
 
-TEST_F(SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappingsTest, testSetThesholdForAppId) {
-    mMappings.setThesholdForAppId(kAppId1, kThreshold1);
+TEST_F(SmallAreaDetectionAllowMappingsTest, testSetThresholdForAppId) {
+    mMappings.setThresholdForAppId(kAppId1, kThreshold1);
     ASSERT_EQ(mMappings.getThresholdForAppId(kAppId1), kThreshold1);
 }