diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricProducer.h b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricProducer.h
index 91c98ea27269b..28563ad4b0f50 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricProducer.h
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricProducer.h
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ protected:
     bool mIsActive;
 
     // The slice_by_state atom ids defined in statsd_config.
-    std::vector<int32_t> mSlicedStateAtoms;
+    const std::vector<int32_t> mSlicedStateAtoms;
 
     // Maps atom ids and state values to group_ids (<atom_id, <value, group_id>>).
     const std::unordered_map<int32_t, std::unordered_map<int, int64_t>> mStateGroupMap;
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/metrics_manager_util.cpp b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/metrics_manager_util.cpp
index 3ab44f4a06af8..210d382b1363f 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/metrics_manager_util.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/metrics_manager_util.cpp
@@ -791,10 +791,19 @@ bool initMetrics(const ConfigKey& key, const StatsdConfig& config, const int64_t
         }
         noReportMetricIds.insert(no_report_metric);
     }
+
+    const set<int> whitelistedAtomIds(config.whitelisted_atom_ids().begin(),
+                                      config.whitelisted_atom_ids().end());
     for (const auto& it : allMetricProducers) {
         // Register metrics to StateTrackers
         for (int atomId : it->getSlicedStateAtoms()) {
-            StateManager::getInstance().registerListener(atomId, it);
+            // Register listener for non-whitelisted atoms only. Using whitelisted atom as a sliced
+            // state atom is not allowed.
+            if (whitelistedAtomIds.find(atomId) == whitelistedAtomIds.end()) {
+                StateManager::getInstance().registerListener(atomId, it);
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/tests/MetricsManager_test.cpp b/cmds/statsd/tests/MetricsManager_test.cpp
index 5c5439232d78f..b3b095bf4bff6 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/tests/MetricsManager_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/tests/MetricsManager_test.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "src/metrics/MetricProducer.h"
 #include "src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.h"
 #include "src/metrics/metrics_manager_util.h"
+#include "src/state/StateManager.h"
 #include "statsd_test_util.h"
 
 using namespace testing;
@@ -615,6 +616,34 @@ TEST(MetricsManagerTest, TestCheckLogCredentialsWhitelistedAtom) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(metricsManager.checkLogCredentials(event));
 }
 
+TEST(MetricsManagerTest, TestWhitelistedAtomStateTracker) {
+    sp<UidMap> uidMap;
+    sp<StatsPullerManager> pullerManager = new StatsPullerManager();
+    sp<AlarmMonitor> anomalyAlarmMonitor;
+    sp<AlarmMonitor> periodicAlarmMonitor;
+
+    StatsdConfig config = buildGoodConfig();
+    config.add_allowed_log_source("AID_SYSTEM");
+    config.add_whitelisted_atom_ids(3);
+    config.add_whitelisted_atom_ids(4);
+
+    State state;
+    state.set_id(1);
+    state.set_atom_id(3);
+
+    *config.add_state() = state;
+
+    config.mutable_count_metric(0)->add_slice_by_state(state.id());
+
+    StateManager::getInstance().clear();
+
+    MetricsManager metricsManager(kConfigKey, config, timeBaseSec, timeBaseSec, uidMap,
+                                  pullerManager, anomalyAlarmMonitor, periodicAlarmMonitor);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, StateManager::getInstance().getStateTrackersCount());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(metricsManager.isConfigValid());
+}
+
 }  // namespace statsd
 }  // namespace os
 }  // namespace android