diff --git a/data/etc/services.core.protolog.json b/data/etc/services.core.protolog.json
index 92c0dabfd13e7..2a0e476d27262 100644
--- a/data/etc/services.core.protolog.json
+++ b/data/etc/services.core.protolog.json
@@ -2059,6 +2059,12 @@
       "group": "WM_DEBUG_CONFIGURATION",
       "at": "com\/android\/server\/wm\/ActivityRecord.java"
     },
+    "-233530384": {
+      "message": "Content Recording: Incoming session on display %d can't be set since it is already null; the corresponding VirtualDisplay must have already been removed.",
+      "level": "VERBOSE",
+      "group": "WM_DEBUG_CONTENT_RECORDING",
+      "at": "com\/android\/server\/wm\/ContentRecordingController.java"
+    },
     "-230587670": {
       "message": "SyncGroup %d:  Unfinished container: %s",
       "level": "VERBOSE",
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ContentRecordingController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ContentRecordingController.java
index 040da8862c748..4da55e20382e3 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ContentRecordingController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ContentRecordingController.java
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ final class ContentRecordingController {
                     mSession == null ? null : mSession.getVirtualDisplayId());
             incomingDisplayContent = wmService.mRoot.getDisplayContentOrCreate(
                     incomingSession.getVirtualDisplayId());
+            if (incomingDisplayContent == null) {
+                ProtoLog.v(WM_DEBUG_CONTENT_RECORDING,
+                        "Content Recording: Incoming session on display %d can't be set since it "
+                                + "is already null; the corresponding VirtualDisplay must have "
+                                + "already been removed.", incomingSession.getVirtualDisplayId());
+                return;
+            }
             incomingDisplayContent.setContentRecordingSession(incomingSession);
             // TODO(b/270118861): When user grants consent to re-use, explicitly ask ContentRecorder
             //  to update, since no config/display change arrives. Mark recording as black.