diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/pip/PipTaskOrganizer.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/pip/PipTaskOrganizer.java
index 208f9b7432bf0..0d55018ba5804 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/pip/PipTaskOrganizer.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/pip/PipTaskOrganizer.java
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@ public class PipTaskOrganizer implements ShellTaskOrganizer.TaskListener,
                 SplitScreenController split = mSplitScreenOptional.get();
                 if (split.isTaskInSplitScreen(mTaskInfo.lastParentTaskIdBeforePip)) {
                     split.prepareExitSplitScreen(wct, split.getStageOfTask(
-                            mTaskInfo.lastParentTaskIdBeforePip));
+                            mTaskInfo.lastParentTaskIdBeforePip),
+                            SplitScreenController.EXIT_REASON_APP_FINISHED);
                 }
             }
             mPipTransitionController.startExitTransition(TRANSIT_EXIT_PIP, wct, destinationBounds);
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/SplitScreenController.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/SplitScreenController.java
index 7699b4bfd13a6..5fa26542ee075 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/SplitScreenController.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/SplitScreenController.java
@@ -423,8 +423,9 @@ public class SplitScreenController implements DragAndDropPolicy.Starter,
      * transition.
      */
     public void prepareExitSplitScreen(WindowContainerTransaction wct,
-            @StageType int stageToTop) {
+            @StageType int stageToTop, @ExitReason int reason) {
         mStageCoordinator.prepareExitSplitScreen(stageToTop, wct);
+        mStageCoordinator.clearSplitPairedInRecents(reason);
     }
 
     public void enterSplitScreen(int taskId, boolean leftOrTop) {
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageCoordinator.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageCoordinator.java
index 7d62f58014f00..7d148224c2920 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageCoordinator.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageCoordinator.java
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ public class StageCoordinator implements SplitLayout.SplitLayoutHandler,
         }
     }
 
-    private void clearSplitPairedInRecents(@ExitReason int exitReason) {
+    void clearSplitPairedInRecents(@ExitReason int exitReason) {
         if (!shouldBreakPairedTaskInRecents(exitReason) || !mShouldUpdateRecents) return;
 
         mRecentTasks.ifPresent(recentTasks -> {