diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_MotionEvent.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_MotionEvent.cpp
index 80df0ead4bcd9..403c5836d9ddc 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_MotionEvent.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_MotionEvent.cpp
@@ -763,7 +763,12 @@ static void android_view_MotionEvent_nativeScale(jlong nativePtr, jfloat scale)
 
 static jint android_view_MotionEvent_nativeGetSurfaceRotation(jlong nativePtr) {
     MotionEvent* event = reinterpret_cast<MotionEvent*>(nativePtr);
-    return jint(event->getSurfaceRotation());
+    auto rotation = event->getSurfaceRotation();
+    if (rotation) {
+        return static_cast<jint>(rotation.value());
+    } else {
+        return -1;
+    }
 }
 
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