diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
index 738797b809a5e..50948e1cdec44 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ public class ActivityTaskSupervisor implements RecentTasks.Callbacks {
      * Processes the activities to be stopped or destroyed. This should be called when the resumed
      * activities are idle or drawn.
      */
-    private void processStoppingAndFinishingActivities(ActivityRecord launchedActivity,
+    void processStoppingAndFinishingActivities(ActivityRecord launchedActivity,
             boolean processPausingActivities, String reason) {
         // Stop any activities that are scheduled to do so but have been waiting for the transition
         // animation to finish.
@@ -2194,7 +2194,10 @@ public class ActivityTaskSupervisor implements RecentTasks.Callbacks {
         ArrayList<ActivityRecord> readyToStopActivities = null;
         for (int i = 0; i < mStoppingActivities.size(); i++) {
             final ActivityRecord s = mStoppingActivities.get(i);
-            final boolean animating = s.isInTransition();
+            // Activity in a force hidden task should not be counted as animating, i.e., we want to
+            // send onStop before any configuration change when removing pip transition is ongoing.
+            final boolean animating = s.isInTransition()
+                    && s.getTask() != null && !s.getTask().isForceHidden();
             displaySwapping |= s.isDisplaySleepingAndSwapping();
             ProtoLog.v(WM_DEBUG_STATES, "Stopping %s: nowVisible=%b animating=%b "
                     + "finishing=%s", s, s.nowVisible, animating, s.finishing);
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java
index d1b00a38701dc..e6c64030847ab 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java
@@ -568,6 +568,13 @@ class WindowOrganizerController extends IWindowOrganizerController.Stub
                 }
                 if (forceHiddenForPip) {
                     wc.asTask().setForceHidden(FLAG_FORCE_HIDDEN_FOR_PINNED_TASK, true /* set */);
+                    // When removing pip, make sure that onStop is sent to the app ahead of
+                    // onPictureInPictureModeChanged.
+                    // See also PinnedStackTests#testStopBeforeMultiWindowCallbacksOnDismiss
+                    wc.asTask().ensureActivitiesVisible(null, 0, PRESERVE_WINDOWS);
+                    wc.asTask().mTaskSupervisor.processStoppingAndFinishingActivities(
+                            null /* launchedActivity */, false /* processPausingActivities */,
+                            "force-stop-on-removing-pip");
                 }
 
                 int containerEffect = applyWindowContainerChange(wc, entry.getValue(),