diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
index 788bfbcd65c95..64b37d496dbcc 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
@@ -7981,6 +7981,9 @@ final class ActivityRecord extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.A
                 mLastReportedConfiguration.getMergedConfiguration())) {
             ensureActivityConfiguration(0 /* globalChanges */, false /* preserveWindow */,
                     false /* ignoreVisibility */, true /* isRequestedOrientationChanged */);
+            if (mTransitionController.inPlayingTransition(this)) {
+                mTransitionController.mValidateActivityCompat.add(this);
+            }
         }
 
         mAtmService.getTaskChangeNotificationController().notifyActivityRequestedOrientationChanged(
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/TransitionController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/TransitionController.java
index a539a4893d4f6..b05c6b4839e5c 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/TransitionController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/TransitionController.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.IApplicationThread;
 import android.app.WindowConfiguration;
+import android.graphics.Point;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.IBinder;
@@ -140,6 +141,14 @@ class TransitionController {
      */
     final ArrayList<ActivityRecord> mValidateCommitVis = new ArrayList<>();
 
+    /**
+     * List of activity-level participants. ActivityRecord is not expected to change independently,
+     * however, recent compatibility logic can now cause this at arbitrary times determined by
+     * client code. If it happens during an animation, the surface can be left at the wrong spot.
+     * TODO(b/290237710) remove when compat logic is moved.
+     */
+    final ArrayList<ActivityRecord> mValidateActivityCompat = new ArrayList<>();
+
     /**
      * Currently playing transitions (in the order they were started). When finished, records are
      * removed from this list.
@@ -905,6 +914,14 @@ class TransitionController {
             }
         }
         mValidateCommitVis.clear();
+        for (int i = 0; i < mValidateActivityCompat.size(); ++i) {
+            ActivityRecord ar = mValidateActivityCompat.get(i);
+            if (ar.getSurfaceControl() == null) continue;
+            final Point tmpPos = new Point();
+            ar.getRelativePosition(tmpPos);
+            ar.getSyncTransaction().setPosition(ar.getSurfaceControl(), tmpPos.x, tmpPos.y);
+        }
+        mValidateActivityCompat.clear();
     }
 
     /**