diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayAnimationsController.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayAnimationsController.kt
index c882f8adceb6c..c3bd5d96590e9 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayAnimationsController.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayAnimationsController.kt
@@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ constructor(
             }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ends the dream content and dream overlay animations, if they're currently running.
+     * @see [AnimatorSet.end]
+     */
+    fun endAnimations() {
+        mAnimator =
+            mAnimator?.let {
+                it.end()
+                null
+            }
+    }
+
     private fun blurAnimator(
         view: View,
         fromBlurRadius: Float,
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewController.java
index 539d2cad836d1..50cfb6a905c97 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewController.java
@@ -142,6 +142,23 @@ public class DreamOverlayContainerViewController extends ViewController<DreamOve
                 }
             };
 
+    /**
+     * If true, overlay entry animations should be skipped once.
+     *
+     * This is turned on when exiting low light and should be turned off once the entry animations
+     * are skipped once.
+     */
+    private boolean mSkipEntryAnimations;
+
+    private final DreamOverlayStateController.Callback
+            mDreamOverlayStateCallback =
+            new DreamOverlayStateController.Callback() {
+                @Override
+                public void onExitLowLight() {
+                    mSkipEntryAnimations = true;
+                }
+            };
+
     @Inject
     public DreamOverlayContainerViewController(
             DreamOverlayContainerView containerView,
@@ -187,6 +204,7 @@ public class DreamOverlayContainerViewController extends ViewController<DreamOve
 
     @Override
     protected void onInit() {
+        mStateController.addCallback(mDreamOverlayStateCallback);
         mStatusBarViewController.init();
         mComplicationHostViewController.init();
         mDreamOverlayAnimationsController.init(mView);
@@ -202,6 +220,13 @@ public class DreamOverlayContainerViewController extends ViewController<DreamOve
         // Start dream entry animations. Skip animations for low light clock.
         if (!mStateController.isLowLightActive()) {
             mDreamOverlayAnimationsController.startEntryAnimations();
+
+            if (mSkipEntryAnimations) {
+                // If we're transitioning from the low light dream back to the user dream, skip the
+                // overlay animations and show immediately.
+                mDreamOverlayAnimationsController.endAnimations();
+                mSkipEntryAnimations = false;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateController.java
index ccfdd0966e983..2c7ecb1182f27 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateController.java
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ public class DreamOverlayStateController implements
          */
         default void onAvailableComplicationTypesChanged() {
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Called when the low light dream is exiting and transitioning back to the user dream.
+         */
+        default void onExitLowLight() {
+        }
     }
 
     private final Executor mExecutor;
@@ -278,6 +284,10 @@ public class DreamOverlayStateController implements
      * @param active {@code true} if low light mode is active, {@code false} otherwise.
      */
     public void setLowLightActive(boolean active) {
+        if (isLowLightActive() && !active) {
+            // Notify that we're exiting low light only on the transition from active to not active.
+            mCallbacks.forEach(Callback::onExitLowLight);
+        }
         modifyState(active ? OP_SET_STATE : OP_CLEAR_STATE, STATE_LOW_LIGHT_ACTIVE);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewControllerTest.java
index ebc408e1e4ed3..6b095ffd39774 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayContainerViewControllerTest.java
@@ -213,6 +213,27 @@ public class DreamOverlayContainerViewControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         verify(mAnimationsController, never()).startEntryAnimations();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSkipEntryAnimationsWhenExitingLowLight() {
+        ArgumentCaptor<DreamOverlayStateController.Callback> callbackCaptor =
+                ArgumentCaptor.forClass(DreamOverlayStateController.Callback.class);
+        when(mStateController.isLowLightActive()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        // Call onInit so that the callback is added.
+        mController.onInit();
+        verify(mStateController).addCallback(callbackCaptor.capture());
+
+        // Send the signal that low light is exiting
+        callbackCaptor.getValue().onExitLowLight();
+
+        // View is attached to trigger animations.
+        mController.onViewAttached();
+
+        // Entry animations should be started then immediately ended to skip to the end.
+        verify(mAnimationsController).startEntryAnimations();
+        verify(mAnimationsController).endAnimations();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCancelDreamEntryAnimationsOnDetached() {
         mController.onViewAttached();
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java
index ee989d1ddab68..b7d0f294ecd44 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java
@@ -250,6 +250,30 @@ public class DreamOverlayStateControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         assertThat(stateController.isLowLightActive()).isTrue();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testNotifyLowLightExit() {
+        final DreamOverlayStateController stateController =
+                new DreamOverlayStateController(mExecutor, true);
+
+        stateController.addCallback(mCallback);
+        mExecutor.runAllReady();
+        assertThat(stateController.isLowLightActive()).isFalse();
+
+        // Turn low light on then off to trigger the exiting callback.
+        stateController.setLowLightActive(true);
+        stateController.setLowLightActive(false);
+
+        // Callback was only called once, when
+        mExecutor.runAllReady();
+        verify(mCallback, times(1)).onExitLowLight();
+        assertThat(stateController.isLowLightActive()).isFalse();
+
+        // Set with false again, which should not cause the callback to trigger again.
+        stateController.setLowLightActive(false);
+        mExecutor.runAllReady();
+        verify(mCallback, times(1)).onExitLowLight();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testNotifyEntryAnimationsFinishedChanged() {
         final DreamOverlayStateController stateController =