diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
index a781520c48d93..2b6a83896cc63 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ import com.android.server.apphibernation.AppHibernationManagerInternal;
 import com.android.server.apphibernation.AppHibernationService;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
         /** whether the process of the launching activity didn't have any active activity. */
         final boolean mProcessSwitch;
         /** The activities that should be drawn. */
-        final LinkedList<ActivityRecord> mPendingDrawActivities = new LinkedList<>();
+        final ArrayList<ActivityRecord> mPendingDrawActivities = new ArrayList<>(2);
         /** The latest activity to have been launched. */
         @NonNull ActivityRecord mLastLaunchedActivity;
 
@@ -328,6 +327,17 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
             return mPendingDrawActivities.isEmpty();
         }
 
+        /** Only keep the records which can be drawn. */
+        void updatePendingDraw() {
+            for (int i = mPendingDrawActivities.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                final ActivityRecord r = mPendingDrawActivities.get(i);
+                if (!r.mVisibleRequested) {
+                    if (DEBUG_METRICS) Slog.i(TAG, "Discard pending draw " + r);
+                    mPendingDrawActivities.remove(i);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /**
          * @return {@code true} if the transition info should be sent to MetricsLogger, StatsLog, or
          *         LaunchObserver.
@@ -701,6 +711,7 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
             info.mCurrentTransitionDelayMs = info.calculateDelay(timestampNs);
             info.mReason = activityToReason.valueAt(index);
             info.mLoggedTransitionStarting = true;
+            info.updatePendingDraw();
             if (info.allDrawn()) {
                 done(false /* abort */, info, "notifyTransitionStarting - all windows drawn",
                         timestampNs);
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
index beff3862df010..82c459c6868a4 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests.java
@@ -353,8 +353,22 @@ public class ActivityMetricsLaunchObserverTests extends WindowTestsBase {
         mTrampolineActivity.setVisibility(false);
         notifyWindowsDrawn(mTopActivity);
 
-        assertWithMessage("Trampoline activity is invisble so there should be no undrawn windows")
+        assertWithMessage("Trampoline activity is invisible so there should be no undrawn windows")
                 .that(mLaunchingState.allDrawn()).isTrue();
+
+        // Since the activity is drawn, the launch event should be reported.
+        notifyTransitionStarting(mTopActivity);
+        verifyOnActivityLaunchFinished(mTopActivity);
+        mLaunchTopByTrampoline = false;
+        clearInvocations(mLaunchObserver);
+
+        // Another round without setting visibility of the trampoline activity.
+        onActivityLaunchedTrampoline();
+        notifyWindowsDrawn(mTopActivity);
+        // If the transition can start, the invisible activities should be discarded and the launch
+        // event be reported successfully.
+        notifyTransitionStarting(mTopActivity);
+        verifyOnActivityLaunchFinished(mTopActivity);
     }
 
     @Test