diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/HIDDeviceBLESteamController.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/HIDDeviceBLESteamController.java
index b1ed5ac86..bd9de1954 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/HIDDeviceBLESteamController.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/HIDDeviceBLESteamController.java
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class HIDDeviceBLESteamController extends BluetoothGattCallback implements HIDDe
     // Enable this for verbose logging of controller input reports
         //Log.v(TAG, "onCharacteristicChanged uuid=" + characteristic.getUuid() + " data=" + HexDump.dumpHexString(characteristic.getValue()));
 
-        if (characteristic.getUuid().equals(inputCharacteristic)) {
+        if (characteristic.getUuid().equals(inputCharacteristic) && !mFrozen) {
             mManager.HIDDeviceInputReport(getId(), characteristic.getValue());
         }
     }