diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceController.java
index 4270e0076b1..7c893be719e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceController.java
@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ public class ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceController extends DeveloperOptionsPref
 
     @Override
     protected void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled() {
-        writeShowUpdatesSetting(false);
-        mPreference.setChecked(false);
+        if (mPreference.isChecked()) {
+            // Writing false to the preference when the setting is already off will have a
+            // side effect of turning on the preference that we wish to avoid
+            writeShowUpdatesSetting(false);
+            mPreference.setChecked(false);
+        }
         mPreference.setEnabled(false);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceControllerTest.java
index c3a3a8297f2..57c4ae3cf42 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -110,7 +111,18 @@ public class ShowSurfaceUpdatesPreferenceControllerTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled_shouldDisablePreference() {
+    public void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled_preferenceUnchecked_shouldNotTurnOffPreference() {
+        when(mPreference.isChecked()).thenReturn(false);
+        mController.onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled();
+
+        verify(mController, never()).writeShowUpdatesSetting(anyBoolean());
+        verify(mPreference, never()).setChecked(anyBoolean());
+        verify(mPreference).setEnabled(false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled_preferenceChecked_shouldTurnOffPreference() {
+        when(mPreference.isChecked()).thenReturn(true);
         mController.onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled();
 
         verify(mController).writeShowUpdatesSetting(false);