diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
index deff79d5486ab..73707ca889dd7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
@@ -1586,6 +1586,19 @@ public class SurfaceView extends View implements ViewRootImpl.SurfaceChangedCall
         info.addChild(wrapper.getLeashToken());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getImportantForAccessibility() {
+        final int mode = super.getImportantForAccessibility();
+        // If developers explicitly set the important mode for it, don't change the mode.
+        // Only change the mode to important when this SurfaceView isn't explicitly set and has
+        // an embedded hierarchy.
+        if (mRemoteAccessibilityEmbeddedConnection == null
+                || mode != IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_AUTO) {
+            return mode;
+        }
+        return IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_YES;
+    }
+
     private void initEmbeddedHierarchyForAccessibility(SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage p) {
         final IAccessibilityEmbeddedConnection connection = p.getAccessibilityEmbeddedConnection();
         final RemoteAccessibilityEmbeddedConnection wrapper =
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 4c7307ee5b8c0..11ab5724d9276 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -13442,8 +13442,7 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
      * @see #getImportantForAccessibility()
      */
     public boolean isImportantForAccessibility() {
-        final int mode = (mPrivateFlags2 & PFLAG2_IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_MASK)
-                >> PFLAG2_IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_SHIFT;
+        final int mode = getImportantForAccessibility();
         if (mode == IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_NO
                 || mode == IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_NO_HIDE_DESCENDANTS) {
             return false;