diff --git a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
index 7719d5a74bd3d..9629cf39a3445 100644
--- a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
+++ b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
@@ -1780,11 +1780,14 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends IDevicePolicyManager.Stub {
     }
 
     private void setDeviceOwnerSystemPropertyLocked() {
-        // Device owner may still be provisioned, do not set the read-only system property yet.
-        // Wear devices don't set device_provisioned until the device is paired, so allow
-        // device_owner property to be set without that.
-        if (!mIsWatch
-                && mInjector.settingsGlobalGetInt(Settings.Global.DEVICE_PROVISIONED, 0) == 0) {
+        final boolean deviceProvisioned =
+                mInjector.settingsGlobalGetInt(Settings.Global.DEVICE_PROVISIONED, 0) != 0;
+        // If the device is not provisioned and there is currently no device owner, do not set the
+        // read-only system property yet, since Device owner may still be provisioned. For Wear
+        // devices, if there is already a device owner then it's OK to set the property to true now,
+        // regardless the provision state.
+        final boolean isWatchWithDeviceOwner = mIsWatch && mOwners.hasDeviceOwner();
+        if (!isWatchWithDeviceOwner && !deviceProvisioned) {
             return;
         }
         // Still at the first stage of CryptKeeper double bounce, mOwners.hasDeviceOwner is