diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
index 6a4b633df6a24..f292d25c15fe2 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
@@ -438,8 +438,9 @@ static jobject nativeGetDisplayedContentSamplingAttributes(JNIEnv* env, jclass c
 static jboolean nativeSetDisplayedContentSamplingEnabled(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz,
         jobject tokenObj, jboolean enable, jint componentMask, jint maxFrames) {
     sp<IBinder> token(ibinderForJavaObject(env, tokenObj));
-    return SurfaceComposerClient::setDisplayContentSamplingEnabled(
+    status_t rc = SurfaceComposerClient::setDisplayContentSamplingEnabled(
             token, enable, componentMask, maxFrames);
+    return rc == OK;
 }
 
 static jobject nativeGetDisplayedContentSample(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jobject tokenObj,
diff --git a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerServiceTest.java b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerServiceTest.java
index abf90402250cb..4742a73b17a89 100644
--- a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerServiceTest.java
+++ b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerServiceTest.java
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public class DisplayManagerServiceTest {
         if (attr == null) return; //sampling not supported on device, skip remainder of test.
 
         boolean enabled = displayManager.setDisplayedContentSamplingEnabledInternal(0, true, 0, 0);
-        assertTrue(!enabled);
+        assertTrue(enabled);
 
         displayManager.setDisplayedContentSamplingEnabledInternal(0, false, 0, 0);
         DisplayedContentSample sample = displayManager.getDisplayedContentSampleInternal(0, 0, 0);