diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index ba948cf..80d1e9a 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@
         }
         setZOrderRelativeOf(nullptr);
     }
+    mCurrentState.isRelativeOf = false;
     setTransactionFlags(eTransactionNeeded);
     return true;
 }
@@ -942,6 +943,7 @@
     mCurrentState.sequence++;
     mCurrentState.modified = true;
     mCurrentState.z = relativeZ;
+    mCurrentState.isRelativeOf = true;
 
     auto oldZOrderRelativeOf = mCurrentState.zOrderRelativeOf.promote();
     if (oldZOrderRelativeOf != nullptr) {
@@ -1540,7 +1542,7 @@
 bool Layer::usingRelativeZ(LayerVector::StateSet stateSet) const {
     const bool useDrawing = stateSet == LayerVector::StateSet::Drawing;
     const State& state = useDrawing ? mDrawingState : mCurrentState;
-    return state.zOrderRelativeOf != nullptr;
+    return state.isRelativeOf;
 }
 
 __attribute__((no_sanitize("unsigned-integer-overflow"))) LayerVector Layer::makeTraversalList(
@@ -1565,8 +1567,7 @@
     }
 
     for (const sp<Layer>& child : children) {
-        const State& childState = useDrawing ? child->mDrawingState : child->mCurrentState;
-        if (childState.zOrderRelativeOf != nullptr) {
+        if (child->usingRelativeZ(stateSet)) {
             continue;
         }
         traverse.add(child);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
index 8771ccd..bd19261 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
 
         // If non-null, a Surface this Surface's Z-order is interpreted relative to.
         wp<Layer> zOrderRelativeOf;
+        bool isRelativeOf{false};
 
         // A list of surfaces whose Z-order is interpreted relative to ours.
         SortedVector<wp<Layer>> zOrderRelatives;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/LayerVector.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/LayerVector.cpp
index 8494524..8271fd9 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/LayerVector.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/LayerVector.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         const auto& layer = (*this)[i];
         auto& state = (stateSet == StateSet::Current) ? layer->getCurrentState()
                                                       : layer->getDrawingState();
-        if (state.zOrderRelativeOf != nullptr) {
+        if (state.isRelativeOf) {
             continue;
         }
         layer->traverseInZOrder(stateSet, visitor);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         const auto& layer = (*this)[i];
         auto& state = (stateSet == StateSet::Current) ? layer->getCurrentState()
                                                       : layer->getDrawingState();
-        if (state.zOrderRelativeOf != nullptr) {
+        if (state.isRelativeOf) {
             continue;
         }
         layer->traverseInReverseZOrder(stateSet, visitor);