diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wallpaper/WallpaperManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wallpaper/WallpaperManagerService.java
index 7ff4ed997accd..206b80c9c8ec9 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wallpaper/WallpaperManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wallpaper/WallpaperManagerService.java
@@ -3158,7 +3158,10 @@ public class WallpaperManagerService extends IWallpaperManager.Stub
             if (which == FLAG_SYSTEM && systemIsStatic && systemIsBoth) {
                 Slog.i(TAG, "Migrating current wallpaper to be lock-only before"
                         + " updating system wallpaper");
-                migrateStaticSystemToLockWallpaperLocked(userId);
+                if (!migrateStaticSystemToLockWallpaperLocked(userId)
+                        && !isLockscreenLiveWallpaperEnabled()) {
+                    which |= FLAG_LOCK;
+                }
             }
 
             wallpaper = getWallpaperSafeLocked(userId, which);
@@ -3186,13 +3189,13 @@ public class WallpaperManagerService extends IWallpaperManager.Stub
         }
     }
 
-    private void migrateStaticSystemToLockWallpaperLocked(int userId) {
+    private boolean migrateStaticSystemToLockWallpaperLocked(int userId) {
         WallpaperData sysWP = mWallpaperMap.get(userId);
         if (sysWP == null) {
             if (DEBUG) {
                 Slog.i(TAG, "No system wallpaper?  Not tracking for lock-only");
             }
-            return;
+            return true;
         }
 
         // We know a-priori that there is no lock-only wallpaper currently
@@ -3219,9 +3222,12 @@ public class WallpaperManagerService extends IWallpaperManager.Stub
                 SELinux.restorecon(lockWP.getWallpaperFile());
                 mLastLockWallpaper = lockWP;
             }
+            return true;
         } catch (ErrnoException e) {
-            Slog.e(TAG, "Can't migrate system wallpaper: " + e.getMessage());
+            // can happen when migrating default wallpaper (which is not stored in wallpaperFile)
+            Slog.w(TAG, "Couldn't migrate system wallpaper: " + e.getMessage());
             clearWallpaperBitmaps(lockWP);
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -3433,7 +3439,9 @@ public class WallpaperManagerService extends IWallpaperManager.Stub
                     // therefore it's a shared system+lock image that we need to migrate.
                     Slog.i(TAG, "Migrating current wallpaper to be lock-only before"
                             + "updating system wallpaper");
-                    migrateStaticSystemToLockWallpaperLocked(userId);
+                    if (!migrateStaticSystemToLockWallpaperLocked(userId)) {
+                        which |= FLAG_LOCK;
+                    }
                 }
             }