diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h
index ebe112b..c7984bd 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/Display.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     virtual void applyChangedTypesToLayers(const ChangedTypes&);
     virtual void applyDisplayRequests(const DisplayRequests&);
     virtual void applyLayerRequestsToLayers(const LayerRequests&);
-    virtual void applyClientTargetRequests(const ClientTargetProperty&, float whitePointNits);
+    virtual void applyClientTargetRequests(const ClientTargetProperty&, float brightness);
 
     // Internal
     virtual void setConfiguration(const compositionengine::DisplayCreationArgs&);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputCompositionState.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputCompositionState.h
index cc7c257..66dd825 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputCompositionState.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/impl/OutputCompositionState.h
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@
     // SDR white point
     float sdrWhitePointNits{-1.f};
 
-    // White point of the client target
-    float clientTargetWhitePointNits{-1.f};
+    // Brightness of the client target, normalized to display brightness
+    float clientTargetBrightness{1.f};
 
     // Display brightness that will take effect this frame.
     // This is slightly distinct from nits, in that nits cannot be passed to hw composer.
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp
index a3188f3..6390025 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Display.cpp
@@ -266,8 +266,7 @@
         applyChangedTypesToLayers(changes->changedTypes);
         applyDisplayRequests(changes->displayRequests);
         applyLayerRequestsToLayers(changes->layerRequests);
-        applyClientTargetRequests(changes->clientTargetProperty,
-                                  changes->clientTargetWhitePointNits);
+        applyClientTargetRequests(changes->clientTargetProperty, changes->clientTargetBrightness);
     }
 
     // Determine what type of composition we are doing from the final state
@@ -343,13 +342,13 @@
 }
 
 void Display::applyClientTargetRequests(const ClientTargetProperty& clientTargetProperty,
-                                        float whitePointNits) {
+                                        float brightness) {
     if (clientTargetProperty.dataspace == ui::Dataspace::UNKNOWN) {
         return;
     }
 
     editState().dataspace = clientTargetProperty.dataspace;
-    editState().clientTargetWhitePointNits = whitePointNits;
+    editState().clientTargetBrightness = brightness;
     getRenderSurface()->setBufferDataspace(clientTargetProperty.dataspace);
     getRenderSurface()->setBufferPixelFormat(clientTargetProperty.pixelFormat);
 }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
index e036252..ff332eb 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/Output.cpp
@@ -1076,7 +1076,8 @@
             : mDisplayColorProfile->getHdrCapabilities().getDesiredMaxLuminance();
     clientCompositionDisplay.maxLuminance =
             mDisplayColorProfile->getHdrCapabilities().getDesiredMaxLuminance();
-    clientCompositionDisplay.targetLuminanceNits = outputState.clientTargetWhitePointNits;
+    clientCompositionDisplay.targetLuminanceNits =
+            outputState.clientTargetBrightness * outputState.displayBrightnessNits;
 
     // Compute the global color transform matrix.
     clientCompositionDisplay.colorTransform = outputState.colorTransformMatrix;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/DisplayTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/DisplayTest.cpp
index 44d34a3..cd03235 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/DisplayTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/DisplayTest.cpp
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@
 
     auto& state = mDisplay->getState();
     EXPECT_EQ(clientTargetProperty.dataspace, state.dataspace);
-    EXPECT_EQ(kWhitePointNits, state.clientTargetWhitePointNits);
+    EXPECT_EQ(kWhitePointNits, state.clientTargetBrightness);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp
index cab4b8d..c2521b2 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputTest.cpp
@@ -3067,7 +3067,7 @@
         mOutput.mState.usesDeviceComposition = false;
         mOutput.mState.reusedClientComposition = false;
         mOutput.mState.flipClientTarget = false;
-        mOutput.mState.clientTargetWhitePointNits = kClientTargetLuminanceNits;
+        mOutput.mState.clientTargetBrightness = kClientTargetBrightness;
 
         EXPECT_CALL(mOutput, getCompositionEngine()).WillRepeatedly(ReturnRef(mCompositionEngine));
         EXPECT_CALL(mCompositionEngine, getRenderEngine()).WillRepeatedly(ReturnRef(mRenderEngine));
@@ -3103,8 +3103,9 @@
     static constexpr float kDefaultAvgLuminance = 0.7f;
     static constexpr float kDefaultMinLuminance = 0.1f;
     static constexpr float kUnknownLuminance = -1.f;
-    static constexpr float kDisplayLuminance = 80.f;
+    static constexpr float kDisplayLuminance = 400.f;
     static constexpr float kClientTargetLuminanceNits = 200.f;
+    static constexpr float kClientTargetBrightness = 0.5f;
 
     static const Rect kDefaultOutputFrame;
     static const Rect kDefaultOutputViewport;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.cpp
index cfbdbd1..2e6bebc 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.cpp
@@ -1054,11 +1054,11 @@
 
 Error AidlComposer::getClientTargetProperty(
         Display display, IComposerClient::ClientTargetProperty* outClientTargetProperty,
-        float* whitePointNits) {
+        float* outBrightness) {
     const auto property = mReader.takeClientTargetProperty(translate<int64_t>(display));
     *outClientTargetProperty =
             translate<IComposerClient::ClientTargetProperty>(property.clientTargetProperty);
-    *whitePointNits = property.whitePointNits;
+    *outBrightness = property.brightness;
     return Error::NONE;
 }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.h
index 724c6c9..80ca8da 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/AidlComposerHal.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
             std::vector<IComposerClient::LayerGenericMetadataKey>* outKeys) override;
     Error getClientTargetProperty(Display display,
                                   IComposerClient::ClientTargetProperty* outClientTargetProperty,
-                                  float* outClientTargetWhitePointNits) override;
+                                  float* outBrightness) override;
 
     // AIDL Composer HAL
     Error setLayerBrightness(Display display, Layer layer, float brightness) override;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h
index 06aaa11..23886d4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/ComposerHal.h
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 
     virtual Error getClientTargetProperty(
             Display display, IComposerClient::ClientTargetProperty* outClientTargetProperty,
-            float* outWhitePointNits) = 0;
+            float* outBrightness) = 0;
 
     // AIDL Composer
     virtual Error setLayerBrightness(Display display, Layer layer, float brightness) = 0;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
index 6a3162e..ed6e4b0 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
@@ -479,13 +479,12 @@
     RETURN_IF_HWC_ERROR_FOR("getRequests", error, displayId, BAD_INDEX);
 
     DeviceRequestedChanges::ClientTargetProperty clientTargetProperty;
-    float clientTargetWhitePointNits;
-    error = hwcDisplay->getClientTargetProperty(&clientTargetProperty, &clientTargetWhitePointNits);
+    float brightness = 1.f;
+    error = hwcDisplay->getClientTargetProperty(&clientTargetProperty, &brightness);
 
     outChanges->emplace(DeviceRequestedChanges{std::move(changedTypes), std::move(displayRequests),
                                                std::move(layerRequests),
-                                               std::move(clientTargetProperty),
-                                               clientTargetWhitePointNits});
+                                               std::move(clientTargetProperty), brightness});
     error = hwcDisplay->acceptChanges();
     RETURN_IF_HWC_ERROR_FOR("acceptChanges", error, displayId, BAD_INDEX);
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
index 916c4b7..5b2e265 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         DisplayRequests displayRequests;
         LayerRequests layerRequests;
         ClientTargetProperty clientTargetProperty;
-        float clientTargetWhitePointNits;
+        float clientTargetBrightness;
     };
 
     struct HWCDisplayMode {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.cpp
index 95d7b58..f735bba 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.cpp
@@ -1297,9 +1297,9 @@
 
 Error HidlComposer::getClientTargetProperty(
         Display display, IComposerClient::ClientTargetProperty* outClientTargetProperty,
-        float* outWhitePointNits) {
+        float* outBrightness) {
     mReader.takeClientTargetProperty(display, outClientTargetProperty);
-    *outWhitePointNits = -1.f;
+    *outBrightness = 1.f;
     return Error::NONE;
 }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.h
index 71ae8b4..c2b60cb 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HidlComposerHal.h
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
             std::vector<IComposerClient::LayerGenericMetadataKey>* outKeys) override;
     Error getClientTargetProperty(Display display,
                                   IComposerClient::ClientTargetProperty* outClientTargetProperty,
-                                  float* outWhitePointNits) override;
+                                  float* outBrightness) override;
 
     // AIDL Composer HAL
     Error setLayerBrightness(Display display, Layer layer, float brightness) override;