diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/KeyguardViewMediator.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/KeyguardViewMediator.java
index b9d1021f086d8..120fa428fe2e9 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/KeyguardViewMediator.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/KeyguardViewMediator.java
@@ -2103,6 +2103,9 @@ public class KeyguardViewMediator extends SystemUI {
         pw.print("  mDrawnCallback: "); pw.println(mDrawnCallback);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param aodShowing true when AOD - or ambient mode - is showing.
+     */
     public void setAodShowing(boolean aodShowing) {
         setShowingLocked(mShowing, aodShowing);
     }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java
index ae1da56973214..e3e791de0ffa7 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java
@@ -4733,7 +4733,6 @@ public class StatusBar extends SystemUI implements DemoMode,
         boolean dozing = mDozingRequested && mState == StatusBarState.KEYGUARD
                 || mBiometricUnlockController.getMode()
                         == BiometricUnlockController.MODE_WAKE_AND_UNLOCK_PULSING;
-        final boolean alwaysOn = DozeParameters.getInstance(mContext).getAlwaysOn();
         // When in wake-and-unlock we may not have received a change to mState
         // but we still should not be dozing, manually set to false.
         if (mBiometricUnlockController.getMode() ==
@@ -4742,7 +4741,7 @@ public class StatusBar extends SystemUI implements DemoMode,
         }
         if (mDozing != dozing) {
             mDozing = dozing;
-            mKeyguardViewMediator.setAodShowing(mDozing && alwaysOn);
+            mKeyguardViewMediator.setAodShowing(mDozing);
             mStatusBarWindowManager.setDozing(mDozing);
             mStatusBarKeyguardViewManager.setDozing(mDozing);
             if (mAmbientIndicationContainer instanceof DozeReceiver) {