diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/BlurController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/BlurController.java
index 23c27f85b0667..ff1016855287a 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/BlurController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/BlurController.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.view.ICrossWindowBlurEnabledListener;
 
-import com.android.internal.annotations.GuardedBy;
-
 /**
  * Keeps track of the different factors that determine whether cross-window blur is enabled
  * or disabled. Also keeps a list of all interested listeners and notifies them when the
@@ -44,8 +42,7 @@ final class BlurController {
     // We don't use the WM global lock, because the BlurController is not involved in window
     // drawing and only receives binder calls that don't need synchronization with the rest of WM
     private final Object mLock = new Object();
-    @GuardedBy("mLock")
-    boolean mBlurEnabled;
+    private volatile boolean mBlurEnabled;
     private boolean mInPowerSaveMode;
     private boolean mBlurDisabledSetting;
 
@@ -87,9 +84,7 @@ final class BlurController {
     boolean registerCrossWindowBlurEnabledListener(ICrossWindowBlurEnabledListener listener) {
         if (listener == null) return false;
         mBlurEnabledListeners.register(listener);
-        synchronized (mLock) {
-            return mBlurEnabled;
-        }
+        return getBlurEnabled();
     }
 
     void unregisterCrossWindowBlurEnabledListener(ICrossWindowBlurEnabledListener listener) {
@@ -97,6 +92,10 @@ final class BlurController {
         mBlurEnabledListeners.unregister(listener);
     }
 
+    boolean getBlurEnabled() {
+        return mBlurEnabled;
+    }
+
     private void updateBlurEnabled() {
         synchronized (mLock) {
             final boolean newEnabled = CROSS_WINDOW_BLUR_SUPPORTED && !mBlurDisabledSetting
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
index 482d8e600b2f8..9e8b6a34e1d52 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
@@ -6292,7 +6292,7 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
             }
         });
         pw.print("  mInTouchMode="); pw.println(mInTouchMode);
-        pw.print("  mBlurEnabled="); pw.println(mBlurController.mBlurEnabled);
+        pw.print("  mBlurEnabled="); pw.println(mBlurController.getBlurEnabled());
         pw.print("  mLastDisplayFreezeDuration=");
                 TimeUtils.formatDuration(mLastDisplayFreezeDuration, pw);
                 if ( mLastFinishedFreezeSource != null) {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerShellCommand.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerShellCommand.java
index eb8b6f5e06fd5..4dc60070d6ec1 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerShellCommand.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerShellCommand.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class WindowManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
         String arg = getNextArg();
         if (arg == null) {
             pw.println("Blur supported on device: " + CROSS_WINDOW_BLUR_SUPPORTED);
-            pw.println("Blur enabled: " + mInternal.mBlurController.mBlurEnabled);
+            pw.println("Blur enabled: " + mInternal.mBlurController.getBlurEnabled());
             return 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
index 905534f7bd1f1..f71d08afb1cb0 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
@@ -5354,7 +5354,8 @@ class WindowState extends WindowContainer<WindowState> implements WindowManagerP
     }
 
     private boolean shouldDrawBlurBehind() {
-        return (mAttrs.flags & FLAG_BLUR_BEHIND) != 0 && mWmService.mBlurController.mBlurEnabled;
+        return (mAttrs.flags & FLAG_BLUR_BEHIND) != 0
+            && mWmService.mBlurController.getBlurEnabled();
     }
 
     /**