diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
index 6d0fd2a51855b..029f46f92dbe6 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
@@ -5682,6 +5682,12 @@ class WindowState extends WindowContainer<WindowState> implements WindowManagerP
             // TODO(b/233286785): Add sync support to wallpaper.
             return true;
         }
+        if (mActivityRecord != null && mViewVisibility != View.VISIBLE
+                && mWinAnimator.mAttrType != TYPE_BASE_APPLICATION
+                && mWinAnimator.mAttrType != TYPE_APPLICATION_STARTING) {
+            // Skip sync for invisible app windows which are not managed by activity lifecycle.
+            return false;
+        }
         // In the WindowContainer implementation we immediately mark ready
         // since a generic WindowContainer only needs to wait for its
         // children to finish and is immediately ready from its own