diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/FooterActionsController.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/FooterActionsController.kt
index bedb330381340..4f87cad225c74 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/FooterActionsController.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/FooterActionsController.kt
@@ -213,5 +213,13 @@ class FooterActionsController @Inject constructor(
         mView.setKeyguardShowing()
     }
 
+    fun refreshVisibility(shouldBeVisible: Boolean) {
+        if (shouldBeVisible) {
+            showFooter()
+        } else {
+            hideFooter()
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun isTunerEnabled() = tunerService.isTunerEnabled
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerBase.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerBase.java
index 0da4814f8e3ef..42323e30a084d 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerBase.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerBase.java
@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ public abstract class QSPanelControllerBase<T extends QSPanel> extends ViewContr
                 public void onConfigurationChange(Configuration newConfig) {
                     mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade =
                             Utils.shouldUseSplitNotificationShade(getResources());
+                    onConfigurationChanged();
                     if (newConfig.orientation != mLastOrientation) {
                         mLastOrientation = newConfig.orientation;
-                        onScreenRotated();
                         switchTileLayout(false);
                     }
                 }
             };
 
-    protected void onScreenRotated() { }
+    protected void onConfigurationChanged() { }
 
     private final Function1<Boolean, Unit> mMediaHostVisibilityListener = (visible) -> {
         if (mMediaVisibilityChangedListener != null) {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelController.java
index 921ee35e38905..92690c7d12025 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelController.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class QuickQSPanelController extends QSPanelControllerBase<QuickQSPanel>
         mMediaHost.init(MediaHierarchyManager.LOCATION_QQS);
         mBrightnessController.init(mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade);
         mFooterActionsController.init();
-        refreshFooterVisibility();
+        mFooterActionsController.refreshVisibility(mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -109,14 +109,6 @@ public class QuickQSPanelController extends QSPanelControllerBase<QuickQSPanel>
         return mView.isListening();
     }
 
-    private void refreshFooterVisibility() {
-        if (mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade) {
-            mFooterActionsController.showFooter();
-        } else {
-            mFooterActionsController.hideFooter();
-        }
-    }
-
     private void setMaxTiles(int parseNumTiles) {
         mView.setMaxTiles(parseNumTiles);
         setTiles();
@@ -129,9 +121,9 @@ public class QuickQSPanelController extends QSPanelControllerBase<QuickQSPanel>
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void onScreenRotated() {
+    protected void onConfigurationChanged() {
         mBrightnessController.refreshVisibility(mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade);
-        refreshFooterVisibility();
+        mFooterActionsController.refreshVisibility(mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelControllerTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelControllerTest.kt
index 912bea2f4c970..59948d310b4ff 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelControllerTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QuickQSPanelControllerTest.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.systemui.qs
 
+import android.content.res.Configuration
 import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest
 import android.testing.AndroidTestingRunner
 import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger
@@ -27,12 +28,13 @@ import com.android.systemui.plugins.qs.QSTile
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.qs.QSTileView
 import com.android.systemui.qs.customize.QSCustomizerController
 import com.android.systemui.qs.logging.QSLogger
-import com.android.systemui.flags.FeatureFlags
 import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor
 import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean
+import org.mockito.Captor
 import org.mockito.Mock
 import org.mockito.Mockito.`when`
 import org.mockito.Mockito.any
@@ -65,11 +67,11 @@ class QuickQSPanelControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
     @Mock
     private lateinit var tileView: QSTileView
     @Mock
-    private lateinit var featureFlags: FeatureFlags
-    @Mock
     private lateinit var quickQsBrightnessController: QuickQSBrightnessController
     @Mock
     private lateinit var footerActionsController: FooterActionsController
+    @Captor
+    private lateinit var captor: ArgumentCaptor<QSPanel.OnConfigurationChangedListener>
 
     private lateinit var controller: QuickQSPanelController
 
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ class QuickQSPanelControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this)
 
         `when`(quickQSPanel.tileLayout).thenReturn(tileLayout)
+        `when`(quickQSPanel.isAttachedToWindow).thenReturn(true)
         `when`(quickQSPanel.dumpableTag).thenReturn("")
         `when`(quickQSPanel.resources).thenReturn(mContext.resources)
         `when`(qsTileHost.createTileView(any(), any(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(tileView)
@@ -123,4 +126,16 @@ class QuickQSPanelControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
 
         verify(quickQSPanel, times(limit)).addTile(any())
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testBrightnessAndFooterVisibilityRefreshedWhenConfigurationChanged() {
+        // times(2) because both controller and base controller are registering their listeners
+        verify(quickQSPanel, times(2)).addOnConfigurationChangedListener(captor.capture())
+
+        captor.allValues.forEach { it.onConfigurationChange(Configuration.EMPTY) }
+
+        verify(quickQsBrightnessController).refreshVisibility(anyBoolean())
+        // times(2) because footer visibility is also refreshed on controller init
+        verify(footerActionsController, times(2)).refreshVisibility(anyBoolean())
+    }
 }