diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
index 45eb7cdcbf6cb..abc2b7aabb6b0 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
@@ -8183,7 +8183,9 @@ final class ActivityRecord extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.A
         if (shouldRelaunchLocked(changes, mTmpConfig) || forceNewConfig) {
             // Aha, the activity isn't handling the change, so DIE DIE DIE.
             configChangeFlags |= changes;
-            startFreezingScreenLocked(globalChanges);
+            if (!mAtmService.getTransitionController().isShellTransitionsEnabled()) {
+                startFreezingScreenLocked(globalChanges);
+            }
             forceNewConfig = false;
             preserveWindow &= isResizeOnlyChange(changes);
             final boolean hasResizeChange = hasResizeChange(changes & ~info.getRealConfigChanged());
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
index f829b0f0d10c3..3abe455270041 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
@@ -2403,6 +2403,12 @@ class WindowState extends WindowContainer<WindowState> implements WindowManagerP
 
     @Override
     void removeImmediately() {
+        if (!mRemoved) {
+            // Destroy surface before super call. The general pattern is that the children need
+            // to be removed before the parent (so that the sync-engine tracking works). Since
+            // WindowStateAnimator is a "virtual" child, we have to do it manually here.
+            mWinAnimator.destroySurfaceLocked(getSyncTransaction());
+        }
         super.removeImmediately();
 
         if (mRemoved) {
@@ -2444,8 +2450,6 @@ class WindowState extends WindowContainer<WindowState> implements WindowManagerP
 
         disposeInputChannel();
 
-        mWinAnimator.destroySurfaceLocked(mTmpTransaction);
-        mTmpTransaction.apply();
         mSession.windowRemovedLocked();
         try {
             mClient.asBinder().unlinkToDeath(mDeathRecipient, 0);