diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarter.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarter.java
index 7d2dfa0715979..77ec67f31d508 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarter.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarter.java
@@ -2730,10 +2730,11 @@ class ActivityStarter {
                                 false /* includingParents */);
                         intentTask = intentTask.getParent().asTaskFragment().getTask();
                     }
-                    // If the task is in multi-windowing mode, the activity may already be on
+                    // If the activity is visible in multi-windowing mode, it may already be on
                     // the top (visible to user but not the global top), then the result code
                     // should be START_DELIVERED_TO_TOP instead of START_TASK_TO_FRONT.
                     final boolean wasTopOfVisibleRootTask = intentActivity.mVisibleRequested
+                            && intentActivity.inMultiWindowMode()
                             && intentActivity == mTargetRootTask.topRunningActivity();
                     // We only want to move to the front, if we aren't going to launch on a
                     // different root task. If we launch on a different root task, we will put the
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarterTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarterTests.java
index f9aa4b17bc2ca..9902e83c3648d 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarterTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/ActivityStarterTests.java
@@ -500,6 +500,23 @@ public class ActivityStarterTests extends WindowTestsBase {
         return Pair.create(splitPrimaryActivity, splitSecondActivity);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMoveVisibleTaskToFront() {
+        final ActivityRecord activity = new TaskBuilder(mSupervisor)
+                .setCreateActivity(true).build().getTopMostActivity();
+        final ActivityRecord translucentActivity = new TaskBuilder(mSupervisor)
+                .setCreateActivity(true).build().getTopMostActivity();
+        assertTrue(activity.mVisibleRequested);
+
+        final ActivityStarter starter = prepareStarter(FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK,
+                false /* mockGetRootTask */);
+        starter.getIntent().setComponent(activity.mActivityComponent);
+        final int result = starter.setReason("testMoveVisibleTaskToFront").execute();
+
+        assertEquals(START_TASK_TO_FRONT, result);
+        assertEquals(1, activity.compareTo(translucentActivity));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests activity is cleaned up properly in a task mode violation.
      */