diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
index ab94e2d..f2ced28 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
@@ -5701,6 +5701,7 @@
 
             configDiff = mConfiguration.updateFrom(config);
             config = applyCompatConfiguration(mCurDefaultDisplayDpi);
+            HardwareRenderer.sendDeviceConfigurationForDebugging(config);
 
             if ((systemTheme.getChangingConfigurations() & configDiff) != 0) {
                 systemTheme.rebase();
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/HardwareRenderer.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/HardwareRenderer.java
index d08bfcf..3ddbf10 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/HardwareRenderer.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/HardwareRenderer.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
+import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@
     private static final String CACHE_PATH_SHADERS = "com.android.opengl.shaders_cache";
     private static final String CACHE_PATH_SKIASHADERS = "com.android.skia.shaders_cache";
 
+    private static int sDensityDpi = 0;
+
     private final long mNativeProxy;
     /** @hide */
     protected RenderNode mRootNode;
@@ -907,6 +910,19 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Sends device configuration changes to the render thread, for rendering profiling views.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static void sendDeviceConfigurationForDebugging(Configuration config) {
+        if (config.densityDpi != Configuration.DENSITY_DPI_UNDEFINED
+                && config.densityDpi != sDensityDpi) {
+            sDensityDpi = config.densityDpi;
+            nSetDisplayDensityDpi(config.densityDpi);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
      * If set extra graphics debugging abilities will be enabled such as dumping skp
      *
      * @hide
@@ -1189,4 +1205,6 @@
     private static native void nAllocateBuffers(long nativeProxy);
 
     private static native void nSetForceDark(long nativeProxy, boolean enabled);
+
+    private static native void nSetDisplayDensityDpi(int densityDpi);
 }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.cpp b/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.cpp
index c24224c..1c947a7 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.cpp
@@ -113,11 +113,12 @@
 
     mWidth = ADisplayConfig_getWidth(mCurrentConfig);
     mHeight = ADisplayConfig_getHeight(mCurrentConfig);
-    mDensity = ADisplayConfig_getDensity(mCurrentConfig);
     mVsyncPeriod = static_cast<int64_t>(1000000000 / ADisplayConfig_getFps(mCurrentConfig));
     mCompositorOffset = ADisplayConfig_getCompositorOffsetNanos(mCurrentConfig);
     mAppOffset = ADisplayConfig_getAppVsyncOffsetNanos(mCurrentConfig);
 }
 
+std::atomic<float> DeviceInfo::sDensity = 2.0;
+
 } /* namespace uirenderer */
 } /* namespace android */
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.h b/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.h
index 16a22f4..bcc9301 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/DeviceInfo.h
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@
     static float getMaxRefreshRate() { return get()->mMaxRefreshRate; }
     static int32_t getWidth() { return get()->mWidth; }
     static int32_t getHeight() { return get()->mHeight; }
-    static float getDensity() { return get()->mDensity; }
+    // Gets the density in density-independent pixels
+    static float getDensity() { return sDensity.load(); }
     static int64_t getVsyncPeriod() { return get()->mVsyncPeriod; }
     static int64_t getCompositorOffset() { return get()->mCompositorOffset; }
     static int64_t getAppOffset() { return get()->mAppOffset; }
+    // Sets the density in density-independent pixels
+    static void setDensity(float density) { sDensity.store(density); }
 
     // this value is only valid after the GPU has been initialized and there is a valid graphics
     // context or if you are using the HWUI_NULL_GPU
@@ -68,10 +71,14 @@
     float mMaxRefreshRate = 60.0;
     int32_t mWidth = 1080;
     int32_t mHeight = 1920;
-    float mDensity = 2.0;
     int64_t mVsyncPeriod = 16666666;
     int64_t mCompositorOffset = 0;
     int64_t mAppOffset = 0;
+
+    // Density is not retrieved from the ADisplay apis, so this may potentially
+    // be called on multiple threads.
+    // Unit is density-independent pixels
+    static std::atomic<float> sDensity;
 };
 
 } /* namespace uirenderer */
diff --git a/libs/hwui/jni/android_graphics_HardwareRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/jni/android_graphics_HardwareRenderer.cpp
index 49c7fcd..4f8efa0 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/jni/android_graphics_HardwareRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/jni/android_graphics_HardwareRenderer.cpp
@@ -593,6 +593,13 @@
     RenderProxy::preload();
 }
 
+// Plumbs the display density down to DeviceInfo.
+static void android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setDisplayDensityDpi(JNIEnv*, jclass, jint densityDpi) {
+    // Convert from dpi to density-independent pixels.
+    const float density = densityDpi / 160.0;
+    DeviceInfo::setDensity(density);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // HardwareRendererObserver
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -697,6 +704,7 @@
     { "nSetContextPriority", "(I)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setContextPriority },
     { "nAllocateBuffers", "(J)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_allocateBuffers },
     { "nSetForceDark", "(JZ)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setForceDark },
+    { "nSetDisplayDensityDpi", "(I)V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_setDisplayDensityDpi },
     { "preload", "()V", (void*)android_view_ThreadedRenderer_preload },
 };