diff --git a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.cpp b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.cpp
index 881024f..5c3747e 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.cpp
+++ b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.cpp
@@ -119,15 +119,15 @@
 // PointerCaptureChanged notifications always go to apps, so set the flag POLICY_FLAG_PASS_TO_USER
 // for all entries.
 PointerCaptureChangedEntry::PointerCaptureChangedEntry(int32_t id, nsecs_t eventTime,
-                                                       bool hasPointerCapture)
+                                                       const PointerCaptureRequest& request)
       : EventEntry(id, Type::POINTER_CAPTURE_CHANGED, eventTime, POLICY_FLAG_PASS_TO_USER),
-        pointerCaptureEnabled(hasPointerCapture) {}
+        pointerCaptureRequest(request) {}
 
 PointerCaptureChangedEntry::~PointerCaptureChangedEntry() {}
 
 std::string PointerCaptureChangedEntry::getDescription() const {
     return StringPrintf("PointerCaptureChangedEvent(pointerCaptureEnabled=%s)",
-                        pointerCaptureEnabled ? "true" : "false");
+                        pointerCaptureRequest.enable ? "true" : "false");
 }
 
 // --- DragEntry ---
@@ -324,8 +324,7 @@
         keyEntry(nullptr),
         userActivityEventType(0),
         seq(0),
-        handled(false),
-        enabled(false) {}
+        handled(false) {}
 
 CommandEntry::~CommandEntry() {}
 
diff --git a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.h b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.h
index ebbd8e9..6f1dfad 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.h
+++ b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/Entry.h
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
 };
 
 struct PointerCaptureChangedEntry : EventEntry {
-    bool pointerCaptureEnabled;
+    const PointerCaptureRequest pointerCaptureRequest;
 
-    PointerCaptureChangedEntry(int32_t id, nsecs_t eventTime, bool hasPointerCapture);
+    PointerCaptureChangedEntry(int32_t id, nsecs_t eventTime, const PointerCaptureRequest&);
     std::string getDescription() const override;
 
     ~PointerCaptureChangedEntry() override;
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
     sp<IBinder> oldToken;
     sp<IBinder> newToken;
     std::string obscuringPackage;
-    bool enabled;
+    PointerCaptureRequest pointerCaptureRequest;
     int32_t pid;
     nsecs_t consumeTime; // time when the event was consumed by InputConsumer
     int32_t displayId;
diff --git a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.cpp b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.cpp
index 1899c5f..ce1f266 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.cpp
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@
         mInTouchMode(true),
         mMaximumObscuringOpacityForTouch(1.0f),
         mFocusedDisplayId(ADISPLAY_ID_DEFAULT),
-        mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture(false),
         mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture(nullptr),
         mLatencyAggregator(),
         mLatencyTracker(&mLatencyAggregator),
@@ -1306,36 +1305,51 @@
 void InputDispatcher::dispatchPointerCaptureChangedLocked(
         nsecs_t currentTime, const std::shared_ptr<PointerCaptureChangedEntry>& entry,
         DropReason& dropReason) {
+    dropReason = DropReason::NOT_DROPPED;
+
     const bool haveWindowWithPointerCapture = mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture != nullptr;
-    if (entry->pointerCaptureEnabled && haveWindowWithPointerCapture) {
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("Pointer Capture has already been enabled for the window.");
-    }
-    if (!entry->pointerCaptureEnabled && !haveWindowWithPointerCapture) {
-        // Pointer capture was already forcefully disabled because of focus change.
-        dropReason = DropReason::NOT_DROPPED;
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // Set drop reason for early returns
-    dropReason = DropReason::NO_POINTER_CAPTURE;
-
     sp<IBinder> token;
-    if (entry->pointerCaptureEnabled) {
-        // Enable Pointer Capture
-        if (!mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture) {
+
+    if (entry->pointerCaptureRequest.enable) {
+        // Enable Pointer Capture.
+        if (haveWindowWithPointerCapture &&
+            (entry->pointerCaptureRequest == mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest)) {
+            LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("This request to enable Pointer Capture has already been dispatched "
+                             "to the window.");
+        }
+        if (!mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable) {
             // This can happen if a window requests capture and immediately releases capture.
             ALOGW("No window requested Pointer Capture.");
+            dropReason = DropReason::NO_POINTER_CAPTURE;
             return;
         }
+        if (entry->pointerCaptureRequest.seq != mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.seq) {
+            ALOGI("Skipping dispatch of Pointer Capture being enabled: sequence number mismatch.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         token = mFocusResolver.getFocusedWindowToken(mFocusedDisplayId);
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!token, "Cannot find focused window for Pointer Capture.");
         mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture = token;
     } else {
-        // Disable Pointer Capture
+        // Disable Pointer Capture.
+        // We do not check if the sequence number matches for requests to disable Pointer Capture
+        // for two reasons:
+        //  1. Pointer Capture can be disabled by a focus change, which means we can get two entries
+        //     to disable capture with the same sequence number: one generated by
+        //     disablePointerCaptureForcedLocked() and another as an acknowledgement of Pointer
+        //     Capture being disabled in InputReader.
+        //  2. We respect any request to disable Pointer Capture generated by InputReader, since the
+        //     actual Pointer Capture state that affects events being generated by input devices is
+        //     in InputReader.
+        if (!haveWindowWithPointerCapture) {
+            // Pointer capture was already forcefully disabled because of focus change.
+            dropReason = DropReason::NOT_DROPPED;
+            return;
+        }
         token = mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture;
         mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture = nullptr;
-        if (mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture) {
-            mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture = false;
+        if (mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable) {
             setPointerCaptureLocked(false);
         }
     }
@@ -1344,8 +1358,7 @@
     if (channel == nullptr) {
         // Window has gone away, clean up Pointer Capture state.
         mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture = nullptr;
-        if (mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture) {
-            mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture = false;
+        if (mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable) {
             setPointerCaptureLocked(false);
         }
         return;
@@ -3180,7 +3193,7 @@
                         static_cast<const PointerCaptureChangedEntry&>(eventEntry);
                 status = connection->inputPublisher
                                  .publishCaptureEvent(dispatchEntry->seq, captureEntry.id,
-                                                      captureEntry.pointerCaptureEnabled);
+                                                      captureEntry.pointerCaptureRequest.enable);
                 break;
             }
 
@@ -3978,14 +3991,14 @@
 void InputDispatcher::notifyPointerCaptureChanged(const NotifyPointerCaptureChangedArgs* args) {
 #if DEBUG_INBOUND_EVENT_DETAILS
     ALOGD("notifyPointerCaptureChanged - eventTime=%" PRId64 ", enabled=%s", args->eventTime,
-          args->enabled ? "true" : "false");
+          args->request.enable ? "true" : "false");
 #endif
 
     bool needWake;
     { // acquire lock
         std::scoped_lock _l(mLock);
         auto entry = std::make_unique<PointerCaptureChangedEntry>(args->id, args->eventTime,
-                                                                  args->enabled);
+                                                                  args->request);
         needWake = enqueueInboundEventLocked(std::move(entry));
     } // release lock
 
@@ -4929,8 +4942,8 @@
 std::string InputDispatcher::dumpPointerCaptureStateLocked() {
     std::string dump;
 
-    dump += StringPrintf(INDENT "FocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture: %s\n",
-                         toString(mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture));
+    dump += StringPrintf(INDENT "Pointer Capture Requested: %s\n",
+                         toString(mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable));
 
     std::string windowName = "None";
     if (mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture) {
@@ -4939,7 +4952,7 @@
         windowName = captureWindowHandle ? captureWindowHandle->getName().c_str()
                                          : "token has capture without window";
     }
-    dump += StringPrintf(INDENT "CurrentWindowWithPointerCapture: %s\n", windowName.c_str());
+    dump += StringPrintf(INDENT "Current Window with Pointer Capture: %s\n", windowName.c_str());
 
     return dump;
 }
@@ -5407,14 +5420,13 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        if (enabled == mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture) {
+        if (enabled == mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable) {
             ALOGW("Ignoring request to %s Pointer Capture: "
                   "window has %s requested pointer capture.",
                   enabled ? "enable" : "disable", enabled ? "already" : "not");
             return;
         }
 
-        mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture = enabled;
         setPointerCaptureLocked(enabled);
     } // release lock
 
@@ -6173,14 +6185,13 @@
 }
 
 void InputDispatcher::disablePointerCaptureForcedLocked() {
-    if (!mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture && !mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture) {
+    if (!mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable && !mWindowTokenWithPointerCapture) {
         return;
     }
 
     ALOGD_IF(DEBUG_FOCUS, "Disabling Pointer Capture because the window lost focus.");
 
-    if (mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture) {
-        mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture = false;
+    if (mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable) {
         setPointerCaptureLocked(false);
     }
 
@@ -6197,14 +6208,16 @@
     }
 
     auto entry = std::make_unique<PointerCaptureChangedEntry>(mIdGenerator.nextId(), now(),
-                                                              false /* hasCapture */);
+                                                              mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest);
     mInboundQueue.push_front(std::move(entry));
 }
 
 void InputDispatcher::setPointerCaptureLocked(bool enabled) {
+    mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.enable = enabled;
+    mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest.seq++;
     std::unique_ptr<CommandEntry> commandEntry = std::make_unique<CommandEntry>(
             &InputDispatcher::doSetPointerCaptureLockedInterruptible);
-    commandEntry->enabled = enabled;
+    commandEntry->pointerCaptureRequest = mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest;
     postCommandLocked(std::move(commandEntry));
 }
 
@@ -6212,7 +6225,7 @@
         android::inputdispatcher::CommandEntry* commandEntry) {
     mLock.unlock();
 
-    mPolicy->setPointerCapture(commandEntry->enabled);
+    mPolicy->setPointerCapture(commandEntry->pointerCaptureRequest);
 
     mLock.lock();
 }
diff --git a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.h b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.h
index 9edf41c..30652c6 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.h
+++ b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/InputDispatcher.h
@@ -357,10 +357,12 @@
 
     // Keeps track of the focused window per display and determines focus changes.
     FocusResolver mFocusResolver GUARDED_BY(mLock);
-    // Whether the focused window on the focused display has requested Pointer Capture.
-    // The state of this variable should always be in sync with the state of Pointer Capture in the
-    // policy, which is updated through setPointerCaptureLocked(enabled).
-    bool mFocusedWindowRequestedPointerCapture GUARDED_BY(mLock);
+
+    // The enabled state of this request is true iff the focused window on the focused display has
+    // requested Pointer Capture. This request also contains the sequence number associated with the
+    // current request. The state of this variable should always be in sync with the state of
+    // Pointer Capture in the policy, and is only updated through setPointerCaptureLocked(request).
+    PointerCaptureRequest mCurrentPointerCaptureRequest GUARDED_BY(mLock);
 
     // The window token that has Pointer Capture.
     // This should be in sync with PointerCaptureChangedEvents dispatched to the input channel.
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@
     void disablePointerCaptureForcedLocked() REQUIRES(mLock);
 
     // Set the Pointer Capture state in the Policy.
-    void setPointerCaptureLocked(bool enabled) REQUIRES(mLock);
+    void setPointerCaptureLocked(bool enable) REQUIRES(mLock);
 
     // Dispatcher state at time of last ANR.
     std::string mLastAnrState GUARDED_BY(mLock);
diff --git a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/include/InputDispatcherPolicyInterface.h b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/include/InputDispatcherPolicyInterface.h
index 219f45a..fd591e0 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/include/InputDispatcherPolicyInterface.h
+++ b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/include/InputDispatcherPolicyInterface.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
      *
      * InputDispatcher is solely responsible for updating the Pointer Capture state.
      */
-    virtual void setPointerCapture(bool enabled) = 0;
+    virtual void setPointerCapture(const PointerCaptureRequest&) = 0;
 
     /* Notifies the policy that the drag window has moved over to another window */
     virtual void notifyDropWindow(const sp<IBinder>& token, float x, float y) = 0;