diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/controls/pipeline/MediaDataManager.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/controls/pipeline/MediaDataManager.kt
index 1469d96dd3e8d..4320785ec7c83 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/controls/pipeline/MediaDataManager.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/media/controls/pipeline/MediaDataManager.kt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import android.text.TextUtils
 import android.util.Log
 import android.util.Pair as APair
 import androidx.media.utils.MediaConstants
+import com.android.internal.annotations.Keep
 import com.android.internal.logging.InstanceId
 import com.android.internal.statusbar.IStatusBarService
 import com.android.keyguard.KeyguardUpdateMonitor
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ class MediaDataManager(
     private val mediaEntries: LinkedHashMap<String, MediaData> = LinkedHashMap()
     // There should ONLY be at most one Smartspace media recommendation.
     var smartspaceMediaData: SmartspaceMediaData = EMPTY_SMARTSPACE_MEDIA_DATA
-    private var smartspaceSession: SmartspaceSession? = null
+    @Keep private var smartspaceSession: SmartspaceSession? = null
     private var allowMediaRecommendations = allowMediaRecommendations(context)
 
     private val artworkWidth =
@@ -380,6 +381,8 @@ class MediaDataManager(
 
     fun destroy() {
         smartspaceMediaDataProvider.unregisterListener(this)
+        smartspaceSession?.close()
+        smartspaceSession = null
         context.unregisterReceiver(appChangeReceiver)
     }