diff --git a/core/java/android/view/WindowManagerPolicy.java b/core/java/android/view/WindowManagerPolicy.java
index dc53c22e8ceaa..13ffeecd235e6 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/WindowManagerPolicy.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/WindowManagerPolicy.java
@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ public interface WindowManagerPolicy {
          */
         boolean isAnimatingLw();
 
+        /**
+         * @return Whether the window can affect SystemUI flags, meaning that SystemUI (system bars,
+         *         for example) will be  affected by the flags specified in this window. This is the
+         *         case when the surface is on screen but not exiting.
+         */
+        boolean canAffectSystemUiFlags();
+
         /**
          * Is this window considered to be gone for purposes of layout?
          */
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java
index ae9852eb34a54..8b8e3c471006b 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java
@@ -5333,11 +5333,12 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
     @Override
     public void applyPostLayoutPolicyLw(WindowState win, WindowManager.LayoutParams attrs,
             WindowState attached, WindowState imeTarget) {
-        final boolean visible = win.isVisibleLw() && win.getAttrs().alpha > 0f;
-        if (DEBUG_LAYOUT) Slog.i(TAG, "Win " + win + ": isVisible=" + visible);
+        final boolean affectsSystemUi = win.canAffectSystemUiFlags();
+        if (DEBUG_LAYOUT) Slog.i(TAG, "Win " + win + ": affectsSystemUi=" + affectsSystemUi);
         applyKeyguardPolicyLw(win, imeTarget);
         final int fl = PolicyControl.getWindowFlags(win, attrs);
-        if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState == null && visible && attrs.type == TYPE_INPUT_METHOD) {
+        if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState == null && affectsSystemUi
+                && attrs.type == TYPE_INPUT_METHOD) {
             mForcingShowNavBar = true;
             mForcingShowNavBarLayer = win.getSurfaceLayer();
         }
@@ -5353,7 +5354,7 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
         boolean appWindow = attrs.type >= FIRST_APPLICATION_WINDOW
                 && attrs.type < FIRST_SYSTEM_WINDOW;
         final int stackId = win.getStackId();
-        if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState == null && visible) {
+        if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState == null && affectsSystemUi) {
             if ((fl & FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN) != 0) {
                 mForceStatusBar = true;
             }
@@ -5385,7 +5386,7 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
         }
 
         // Voice interaction overrides both top fullscreen and top docked.
-        if (visible && win.getAttrs().type == TYPE_VOICE_INTERACTION) {
+        if (affectsSystemUi && win.getAttrs().type == TYPE_VOICE_INTERACTION) {
             if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState == null) {
                 mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState = win;
                 if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState == null) {
@@ -5401,7 +5402,7 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
         }
 
         // Keep track of the window if it's dimming but not necessarily fullscreen.
-        if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState == null && visible
+        if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState == null && affectsSystemUi
                 && win.isDimming() && StackId.normallyFullscreenWindows(stackId)) {
             mTopFullscreenOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState = win;
         }
@@ -5409,7 +5410,7 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
         // We need to keep track of the top "fullscreen" opaque window for the docked stack
         // separately, because both the "real fullscreen" opaque window and the one for the docked
         // stack can control View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR.
-        if (mTopDockedOpaqueWindowState == null && visible && appWindow && attached == null
+        if (mTopDockedOpaqueWindowState == null && affectsSystemUi && appWindow && attached == null
                 && isFullscreen(attrs) && stackId == DOCKED_STACK_ID) {
             mTopDockedOpaqueWindowState = win;
             if (mTopDockedOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState == null) {
@@ -5419,7 +5420,7 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
 
         // Also keep track of any windows that are dimming but not necessarily fullscreen in the
         // docked stack.
-        if (mTopDockedOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState == null && visible && win.isDimming()
+        if (mTopDockedOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState == null && affectsSystemUi && win.isDimming()
                 && stackId == DOCKED_STACK_ID) {
             mTopDockedOpaqueOrDimmingWindowState = win;
         }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
index 2ffa15206cb6b..acd7703836d15 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowState.java
@@ -1403,6 +1403,16 @@ class WindowState extends WindowContainer<WindowState> implements WindowManagerP
                         || ((mAppToken != null) && (mAppToken.mAppAnimator.animation != null)));
     }
 
+    // TODO: Another visibility method that was added late in the release to minimize risk.
+    @Override
+    public boolean canAffectSystemUiFlags() {
+        final boolean shown = mWinAnimator.getShown();
+        final boolean exiting = mAnimatingExit || mDestroying
+                || mAppToken != null && mAppToken.hidden;
+        final boolean translucent = mAttrs.alpha == 0.0f;
+        return shown && !exiting && !translucent;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Like isOnScreen, but returns false if the surface hasn't yet
      * been drawn.