diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
index 9aa07f7ed8b31..bcfa18b1a2e84 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
@@ -4289,7 +4289,15 @@ class DisplayContent extends RootDisplayArea implements WindowManagerPolicy.Disp
             setImeInputTarget(target);
             mInsetsStateController.updateAboveInsetsState(mInsetsStateController
                     .getRawInsetsState().getSourceOrDefaultVisibility(ITYPE_IME));
-            updateImeControlTarget();
+            // Force updating the IME parent when the IME control target has been updated to the
+            // remote target but updateImeParent not happen because ImeLayeringTarget and
+            // ImeInputTarget are different. Then later updateImeParent would be ignored when there
+            // is no new IME control target to change the IME parent.
+            final boolean forceUpdateImeParent = mImeControlTarget == mRemoteInsetsControlTarget
+                    && (mInputMethodSurfaceParent != null
+                    && !mInputMethodSurfaceParent.isSameSurface(
+                            mImeWindowsContainer.getParent().mSurfaceControl));
+            updateImeControlTarget(forceUpdateImeParent);
         }
         // Unfreeze IME insets after the new target updated, in case updateAboveInsetsState may
         // deliver unrelated IME insets change to the non-IME requester.
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
index 2e19c09568c14..89dfffb532ea1 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
@@ -1203,6 +1203,31 @@ public class DisplayContentTests extends WindowTestsBase {
                 mDisplayContent.computeImeParent());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testComputeImeParent_remoteControlTarget() throws Exception {
+        final DisplayContent dc = mDisplayContent;
+        WindowState app1 = createWindow(null, TYPE_BASE_APPLICATION, "app1");
+        WindowState app2 = createWindow(null, TYPE_BASE_APPLICATION, "app2");
+
+        dc.setImeLayeringTarget(app1);
+        dc.setImeInputTarget(app2);
+        dc.setRemoteInsetsController(createDisplayWindowInsetsController());
+        dc.getImeTarget(IME_TARGET_LAYERING).getWindow().setWindowingMode(
+                WindowConfiguration.WINDOWING_MODE_MULTI_WINDOW);
+        dc.getImeInputTarget().getWindowState().setWindowingMode(
+                WindowConfiguration.WINDOWING_MODE_MULTI_WINDOW);
+
+        // Expect ImeParent is null since ImeLayeringTarget and ImeInputTarget are different.
+        assertNull(dc.computeImeParent());
+
+        // ImeLayeringTarget and ImeInputTarget are updated to the same.
+        dc.setImeInputTarget(app1);
+        assertEquals(dc.getImeTarget(IME_TARGET_LAYERING), dc.getImeInputTarget());
+
+        // The ImeParent should be the display.
+        assertEquals(dc.getImeContainer().getParent().getSurfaceControl(), dc.computeImeParent());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testInputMethodInputTarget_isClearedWhenWindowStateIsRemoved() throws Exception {
         final DisplayContent dc = createNewDisplay();