diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/glwallpaper/ImageRevealHelper.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/glwallpaper/ImageRevealHelper.java
index 39c9632278d6c..6474b390f5f85 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/glwallpaper/ImageRevealHelper.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/glwallpaper/ImageRevealHelper.java
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ class ImageRevealHelper {
         });
     }
 
-    private void animate() {
-        mAnimator.cancel();
-        mAnimator.setFloatValues(mReveal, mAwake ? MAX_REVEAL : MIN_REVEAL);
-        mAnimator.start();
-    }
-
     public float getReveal() {
         return mReveal;
     }
@@ -95,8 +89,8 @@ class ImageRevealHelper {
         if (DEBUG) {
             Log.d(TAG, "updateAwake: awake=" + awake + ", duration=" + duration);
         }
+        mAnimator.cancel();
         mAwake = awake;
-        mAnimator.setDuration(duration);
         if (duration == 0) {
             // We are transiting from home to aod or aod to home directly,
             // we don't need to do transition in these cases.
@@ -105,7 +99,9 @@ class ImageRevealHelper {
             mRevealListener.onRevealStateChanged();
             mRevealListener.onRevealEnd();
         } else {
-            animate();
+            mAnimator.setDuration(duration);
+            mAnimator.setFloatValues(mReveal, mAwake ? MAX_REVEAL : MIN_REVEAL);
+            mAnimator.start();
         }
     }