diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActiveServices.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActiveServices.java
index 0b37fdb1680da..6f572df708a8d 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActiveServices.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActiveServices.java
@@ -476,12 +476,23 @@ public final class ActiveServices {
                 Slog.w(TAG, "Background start not allowed: service "
                         + service + " to " + r.name.flattenToShortString()
                         + " from pid=" + callingPid + " uid=" + callingUid
-                        + " pkg=" + callingPackage);
+                        + " pkg=" + callingPackage + " startFg?=" + fgRequired);
                 if (allowed == ActivityManager.APP_START_MODE_DELAYED || forceSilentAbort) {
                     // In this case we are silently disabling the app, to disrupt as
                     // little as possible existing apps.
                     return null;
                 }
+                if (forcedStandby) {
+                    // This is an O+ app, but we might be here because the user has placed
+                    // it under strict background restrictions.  Don't punish the app if it's
+                    // trying to do the right thing but we're denying it for that reason.
+                    if (fgRequired) {
+                        if (DEBUG_BACKGROUND_CHECK) {
+                            Slog.v(TAG, "Silently dropping foreground service launch due to FAS");
+                        }
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }
                 // This app knows it is in the new model where this operation is not
                 // allowed, so tell it what has happened.
                 UidRecord uidRec = mAm.mActiveUids.get(r.appInfo.uid);