diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 4c03112..ec2a459 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -4762,7 +4762,8 @@
             continue;
         }
         const Layer::State& state(layer->getDrawingState());
-        if (state.z < minLayerZ || state.z > maxLayerZ) {
+        // relative layers are traversed in Layer::traverseInZOrder
+        if (state.zOrderRelativeOf != nullptr || state.z < minLayerZ || state.z > maxLayerZ) {
             continue;
         }
         layer->traverseInZOrder(LayerVector::StateSet::Drawing, [&](Layer* layer) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Transaction_test.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Transaction_test.cpp
index ba34fe5..6ede562 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Transaction_test.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Transaction_test.cpp
@@ -702,6 +702,26 @@
     }
 }
 
+TEST_F(LayerTransactionTest, SetRelativeZNegative) {
+    sp<SurfaceControl> layerR;
+    sp<SurfaceControl> layerG;
+    sp<SurfaceControl> layerB;
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(layerR = createLayer("test R", 32, 32));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(fillLayerColor(layerR, Color::RED));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(layerG = createLayer("test G", 32, 32));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(fillLayerColor(layerG, Color::GREEN));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(layerB = createLayer("test B", 32, 32));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(fillLayerColor(layerB, Color::BLUE));
+
+    // layerR = mLayerZBase, layerG = layerR - 1, layerB = -2
+    Transaction().setRelativeLayer(layerG, layerR->getHandle(), -1).setLayer(layerB, -2).apply();
+
+    sp<ScreenCapture> screenshot;
+    // only layerB is in this range
+    ScreenCapture::captureScreen(&screenshot, -2, -1);
+    screenshot->expectColor(Rect(0, 0, 32, 32), Color::BLUE);
+}
+
 TEST_F(LayerTransactionTest, SetRelativeZGroup) {
     sp<SurfaceControl> layerR;
     sp<SurfaceControl> layerG;