diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/EmbeddedWindowController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/EmbeddedWindowController.java
index 44d67687e2604..98027bbed37f1 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/EmbeddedWindowController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/EmbeddedWindowController.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import static com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerDebugConfig.TAG_WITH_CLASS_NAME
 import static com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerDebugConfig.TAG_WM;
 import static com.android.server.wm.WindowStateProto.IDENTIFIER;
 
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
@@ -217,10 +218,10 @@ class EmbeddedWindowController {
                     mHostWindowState.mInputWindowHandle.getInputApplicationHandle());
         }
 
-        InputChannel openInputChannel() {
+        void openInputChannel(@NonNull InputChannel outInputChannel) {
             final String name = toString();
             mInputChannel = mWmService.mInputManager.createInputChannel(name);
-            return mInputChannel;
+            mInputChannel.copyTo(outInputChannel);
         }
 
         void onRemoved() {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
index 9c636ea0ae85c..d7bc51b2ecf59 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
@@ -8738,24 +8738,22 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
         final int sanitizedType = sanitizeWindowType(session, displayId, windowToken, type);
         final InputApplicationHandle applicationHandle;
         final String name;
-        final InputChannel clientChannel;
+        Objects.requireNonNull(outInputChannel);
         synchronized (mGlobalLock) {
             EmbeddedWindowController.EmbeddedWindow win =
                     new EmbeddedWindowController.EmbeddedWindow(session, this, window,
                             mInputToWindowMap.get(hostInputToken), callingUid, callingPid,
                             sanitizedType, displayId, focusGrantToken, inputHandleName,
                             (flags & FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE) == 0);
-            clientChannel = win.openInputChannel();
-            mEmbeddedWindowController.add(clientChannel.getToken(), win);
+            win.openInputChannel(outInputChannel);
+            mEmbeddedWindowController.add(outInputChannel.getToken(), win);
             applicationHandle = win.getApplicationHandle();
             name = win.toString();
         }
 
-        updateInputChannel(clientChannel.getToken(), callingUid, callingPid, displayId, surface,
+        updateInputChannel(outInputChannel.getToken(), callingUid, callingPid, displayId, surface,
                 name, applicationHandle, flags, privateFlags, inputFeatures, sanitizedType,
                 null /* region */, window);
-
-        clientChannel.copyTo(outInputChannel);
     }
 
     boolean transferEmbeddedTouchFocusToHost(IWindow embeddedWindow) {