diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
index 03dd3c0c7e49a..6f5866a620679 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
@@ -1315,7 +1315,6 @@ public final class ActivityStackSupervisor implements DisplayListener {
                 }
             }
         }
-        ActivityStack resultStack = resultRecord == null ? null : resultRecord.task.stack;
 
         final int launchFlags = intent.getFlags();
 
@@ -1392,6 +1391,8 @@ public final class ActivityStackSupervisor implements DisplayListener {
             }
         }
 
+        final ActivityStack resultStack = resultRecord == null ? null : resultRecord.task.stack;
+
         if (err != ActivityManager.START_SUCCESS) {
             if (resultRecord != null) {
                 resultStack.sendActivityResultLocked(-1,