diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java
index ec6f747db8f3e..6cea9b3355dce 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/StatusBar.java
@@ -5567,6 +5567,10 @@ public class StatusBar extends SystemUI implements DemoMode,
 
     private Set<String> mNonBlockablePkgs;
 
+    public boolean isDeviceInteractive() {
+        return mDeviceInteractive;
+    }
+
     @Override  // NotificationData.Environment
     public boolean isDeviceProvisioned() {
         return mDeviceProvisionedController.isDeviceProvisioned();
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java
index eaad2f9bd4578..103eb6ec927f7 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityManager;
 import com.android.internal.annotations.GuardedBy;
 import com.android.systemui.Dumpable;
 import com.android.systemui.R;
+import com.android.systemui.SysUiServiceProvider;
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.VolumeDialogController;
 import com.android.systemui.qs.tiles.DndTile;
+import com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.StatusBar;
 
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
@@ -89,11 +91,12 @@ public class VolumeDialogControllerImpl implements VolumeDialogController, Dumpa
     private final W mWorker;
     private final Context mContext;
     private AudioManager mAudio;
+    protected StatusBar mStatusBar;
     private final NotificationManager mNoMan;
     private final SettingObserver mObserver;
     private final Receiver mReceiver = new Receiver();
     private final MediaSessions mMediaSessions;
-    private final C mCallbacks = new C();
+    protected C mCallbacks = new C();
     private final State mState = new State();
     private final MediaSessionsCallbacks mMediaSessionsCallbacksW = new MediaSessionsCallbacks();
     private final Vibrator mVibrator;
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ public class VolumeDialogControllerImpl implements VolumeDialogController, Dumpa
         mReceiver.init();
         mVibrator = (Vibrator) mContext.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
         mHasVibrator = mVibrator != null && mVibrator.hasVibrator();
+        updateStatusBar();
 
         boolean accessibilityVolumeStreamActive = context.getSystemService(
                 AccessibilityManager.class).isAccessibilityVolumeStreamActive();
@@ -326,8 +330,17 @@ public class VolumeDialogControllerImpl implements VolumeDialogController, Dumpa
         return changed;
     }
 
-    private boolean onVolumeChangedW(int stream, int flags) {
-        final boolean showUI = (flags & AudioManager.FLAG_SHOW_UI) != 0;
+    private void updateStatusBar() {
+        if (mStatusBar == null) {
+            mStatusBar = SysUiServiceProvider.getComponent(mContext, StatusBar.class);
+        }
+    }
+
+    boolean onVolumeChangedW(int stream, int flags) {
+        updateStatusBar();
+
+        final boolean showUI = (mStatusBar != null && mStatusBar.isDeviceInteractive()) &&
+                ((flags & AudioManager.FLAG_SHOW_UI) != 0);
         final boolean fromKey = (flags & AudioManager.FLAG_FROM_KEY) != 0;
         final boolean showVibrateHint = (flags & AudioManager.FLAG_SHOW_VIBRATE_HINT) != 0;
         final boolean showSilentHint = (flags & AudioManager.FLAG_SHOW_SILENT_HINT) != 0;
@@ -638,7 +651,7 @@ public class VolumeDialogControllerImpl implements VolumeDialogController, Dumpa
         }
     }
 
-    private final class C implements Callbacks {
+    class C implements Callbacks {
         private final HashMap<Callbacks, Handler> mCallbackMap = new HashMap<>();
 
         public void add(Callbacks callback, Handler handler) {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImplTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8060f5beb9b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.systemui.volume;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.media.AudioManager;
+import android.support.test.filters.SmallTest;
+import com.android.systemui.SysuiTestCase;
+import com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.StatusBar;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+@SmallTest
+public class VolumeDialogControllerImplTest extends SysuiTestCase {
+
+    TestableVolumeDialogControllerImpl mVolumeController;
+    VolumeDialogControllerImpl.C mCallback;
+    StatusBar mStatusBar;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws Exception {
+        mCallback = mock(VolumeDialogControllerImpl.C.class);
+        mStatusBar = mock(StatusBar.class);
+        mVolumeController = new TestableVolumeDialogControllerImpl(mContext, mCallback, mStatusBar);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testVolumeChangeW_deviceNotInteractiveAOD() {
+        when(mStatusBar.isDeviceInteractive()).thenReturn(false);
+        mVolumeController.onVolumeChangedW(0, AudioManager.FLAG_SHOW_UI);
+        verify(mCallback, never()).onShowRequested(Events.SHOW_REASON_VOLUME_CHANGED);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testVolumeChangeW_deviceInteractive() {
+        when(mStatusBar.isDeviceInteractive()).thenReturn(true);
+        mVolumeController.onVolumeChangedW(0, AudioManager.FLAG_SHOW_UI);
+        verify(mCallback, times(1)).onShowRequested(Events.SHOW_REASON_VOLUME_CHANGED);
+    }
+
+    static class TestableVolumeDialogControllerImpl extends VolumeDialogControllerImpl {
+        public TestableVolumeDialogControllerImpl(Context context, C callback, StatusBar s) {
+            super(context);
+            mCallbacks = callback;
+            mStatusBar = s;
+        }
+    }
+
+}