diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp
index 4751e5f..1b2b180 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferLayer.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@
         setCompositionType(displayDevice, Hwc2::IComposerClient::Composition::DEVICE);
     }
 
-    ui::Dataspace dataspace = isColorSpaceAgnostic() ? targetDataspace : mCurrentDataSpace;
+    ui::Dataspace dataspace = isColorSpaceAgnostic() && targetDataspace != ui::Dataspace::UNKNOWN
+            ? targetDataspace
+            : mCurrentDataSpace;
     error = hwcLayer->setDataspace(dataspace);
     if (error != HWC2::Error::None) {
         ALOGE("[%s] Failed to set dataspace %d: %s (%d)", mName.string(), dataspace,
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/ColorLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/ColorLayer.cpp
index 3364399..fcc2d97 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/ColorLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/ColorLayer.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@
 
     setCompositionType(display, Hwc2::IComposerClient::Composition::SOLID_COLOR);
 
-    const ui::Dataspace dataspace = isColorSpaceAgnostic() ? targetDataspace : mCurrentDataSpace;
+    const ui::Dataspace dataspace =
+            isColorSpaceAgnostic() && targetDataspace != ui::Dataspace::UNKNOWN ? targetDataspace
+                                                                                : mCurrentDataSpace;
     error = hwcLayer->setDataspace(dataspace);
     if (error != HWC2::Error::None) {
         ALOGE("[%s] Failed to set dataspace %d: %s (%d)", mName.string(), dataspace,
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 83e53fa..3f62079 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,28 @@
     return false;
 }
 
+bool isHdrColorMode(const ColorMode colorMode) {
+    switch (colorMode) {
+        case ColorMode::BT2100_PQ:
+        case ColorMode::BT2100_HLG:
+            return true;
+        case ColorMode::DISPLAY_P3:
+        case ColorMode::ADOBE_RGB:
+        case ColorMode::DCI_P3:
+        case ColorMode::BT2020:
+        case ColorMode::DISPLAY_BT2020:
+        case ColorMode::NATIVE:
+        case ColorMode::STANDARD_BT601_625:
+        case ColorMode::STANDARD_BT601_625_UNADJUSTED:
+        case ColorMode::STANDARD_BT601_525:
+        case ColorMode::STANDARD_BT601_525_UNADJUSTED:
+        case ColorMode::STANDARD_BT709:
+        case ColorMode::SRGB:
+            return false;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 ui::Transform::orientation_flags fromSurfaceComposerRotation(ISurfaceComposer::Rotation rotation) {
     switch (rotation) {
         case ISurfaceComposer::eRotateNone:
@@ -1836,7 +1858,9 @@
 
             const auto& displayState = display->getState();
             layer->setPerFrameData(displayDevice, displayState.transform, displayState.viewport,
-                                   displayDevice->getSupportedPerFrameMetadata(), targetDataspace);
+                                   displayDevice->getSupportedPerFrameMetadata(),
+                                   isHdrColorMode(displayState.colorMode) ? Dataspace::UNKNOWN
+                                                                          : targetDataspace);
         }
     }