diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
index c03db6d673569..4e2f37fde1f79 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
     private static native long nativeCreateJankDataListenerWrapper(OnJankDataListener listener);
     private static native int nativeGetGPUContextPriority();
     private static native void nativeSetTransformHint(long nativeObject, int transformHint);
+    private static native int nativeGetTransformHint(long nativeObject);
 
     @Nullable
     @GuardedBy("mLock")
@@ -608,7 +609,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
         mName = other.mName;
         mWidth = other.mWidth;
         mHeight = other.mHeight;
-        mTransformHint = other.mTransformHint;
         mLocalOwnerView = other.mLocalOwnerView;
         assignNativeObject(nativeCopyFromSurfaceControl(other.mNativeObject), callsite);
     }
@@ -1471,7 +1471,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
         mName = in.readString8();
         mWidth = in.readInt();
         mHeight = in.readInt();
-        mTransformHint = in.readInt();
 
         long object = 0;
         if (in.readInt() != 0) {
@@ -1490,7 +1489,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
         dest.writeString8(mName);
         dest.writeInt(mWidth);
         dest.writeInt(mHeight);
-        dest.writeInt(mTransformHint);
         if (mNativeObject == 0) {
             dest.writeInt(0);
         } else {
@@ -3603,7 +3601,8 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
      * @hide
      */
     public int getTransformHint() {
-        return mTransformHint;
+        checkNotReleased();
+        return nativeGetTransformHint(mNativeObject);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -3616,9 +3615,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
      * @hide
      */
     public void setTransformHint(@Surface.Rotation int transformHint) {
-        if (mTransformHint != transformHint) {
-            mTransformHint = transformHint;
-            nativeSetTransformHint(mNativeObject, transformHint);
-        }
+        nativeSetTransformHint(mNativeObject, transformHint);
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
index e9e79dc30c20a..1695e1af9270d 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
@@ -1785,6 +1785,14 @@ static void nativeSetTransformHint(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jlong nativeSurfac
             ui::Transform::toRotationFlags(static_cast<ui::Rotation>(transformHint)));
 }
 
+static jint nativeGetTransformHint(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jlong nativeSurfaceControl) {
+    sp<SurfaceControl> surface(reinterpret_cast<SurfaceControl*>(nativeSurfaceControl));
+    ui::Transform::RotationFlags transformHintRotationFlags =
+            static_cast<ui::Transform::RotationFlags>(surface->getTransformHint());
+
+    return toRotationInt(ui::Transform::toRotation((transformHintRotationFlags)));
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 static const JNINativeMethod sSurfaceControlMethods[] = {
@@ -1974,6 +1982,8 @@ static const JNINativeMethod sSurfaceControlMethods[] = {
             (void*)nativeGetGPUContextPriority },
     {"nativeSetTransformHint", "(JI)V",
             (void*)nativeSetTransformHint },
+    {"nativeGetTransformHint", "(J)I",
+            (void*)nativeGetTransformHint },
         // clang-format on
 };