diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
index 50d33c6a733b4..da6417d142d08 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@
     <dimen name="qs_brightness_margin_bottom">16dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="qqs_layout_margin_top">16dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="qqs_layout_padding_bottom">24dp</dimen>
+    <item name="qqs_expand_clock_scale" format="float" type="dimen">2.57</item>
 
     <!-- Most of the time it should be the same as notification_side_paddings as it's vertically
          aligned with notifications. The exception is split shade when this value becomes
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/qs_header.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/qs_header.xml
index 52a98984e6e22..8039c68485ca1 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/qs_header.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/qs_header.xml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
             app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@id/carrier_group"
         />
         <Transform
-            android:scaleX="2.57"
-            android:scaleY="2.57"
+            android:scaleX="@dimen/qqs_expand_clock_scale"
+            android:scaleY="@dimen/qqs_expand_clock_scale"
             />
     </Constraint>
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt
index f080d3dfab1d3..3af75cef3d4c9 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import android.view.WindowInsets
 import android.widget.TextView
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting
 import androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionLayout
+import androidx.core.view.doOnLayout
 import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators
 import com.android.settingslib.Utils
 import com.android.systemui.Dumpable
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ constructor(
             override fun demoCommands() = listOf(DemoMode.COMMAND_CLOCK)
             override fun dispatchDemoCommand(command: String, args: Bundle) =
                 clock.dispatchDemoCommand(command, args)
+
             override fun onDemoModeStarted() = clock.onDemoModeStarted()
             override fun onDemoModeFinished() = clock.onDemoModeFinished()
         }
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ constructor(
                     resources.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.large_screen_shade_header_min_height)
                 lastInsets?.let { updateConstraintsForInsets(header, it) }
                 updateResources()
+                updateCarrierGroupPadding()
             }
         }
 
@@ -291,6 +294,7 @@ constructor(
         privacyIconsController.chipVisibilityListener = chipVisibilityListener
         updateVisibility()
         updateTransition()
+        updateCarrierGroupPadding()
 
         header.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(insetListener)
 
@@ -298,8 +302,6 @@ constructor(
             val newPivot = if (v.isLayoutRtl) v.width.toFloat() else 0f
             v.pivotX = newPivot
             v.pivotY = v.height.toFloat() / 2
-
-            mShadeCarrierGroup.setPaddingRelative((v.width * v.scaleX).toInt(), 0, 0, 0)
         }
         clock.setOnClickListener { launchClockActivity() }
 
@@ -359,6 +361,14 @@ constructor(
             .load(context, resources.getXml(R.xml.large_screen_shade_header))
     }
 
+    private fun updateCarrierGroupPadding() {
+        clock.doOnLayout {
+            val maxClockWidth =
+                (clock.width * resources.getFloat(R.dimen.qqs_expand_clock_scale)).toInt()
+            mShadeCarrierGroup.setPaddingRelative(maxClockWidth, 0, 0, 0)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun updateConstraintsForInsets(view: MotionLayout, insets: WindowInsets) {
         val cutout = insets.displayCutout.also { this.cutout = it }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderControllerTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderControllerTest.kt
index 20da8a6191000..2da2e9238d0ad 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderControllerTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderControllerTest.kt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import org.mockito.Mock
 import org.mockito.Mockito
 import org.mockito.Mockito.mock
 import org.mockito.Mockito.reset
+import org.mockito.Mockito.times
 import org.mockito.Mockito.verify
 import org.mockito.Mockito.`when` as whenever
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnit
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ class ShadeHeaderControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
         whenever(clock.isLayoutRtl).thenReturn(false)
 
         val captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(View.OnLayoutChangeListener::class.java)
-        verify(clock).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
+        verify(clock, times(2)).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
 
         captor.value.onLayoutChange(clock, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
         verify(clock).pivotX = 0f
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ class ShadeHeaderControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
         whenever(clock.isLayoutRtl).thenReturn(true)
 
         val captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(View.OnLayoutChangeListener::class.java)
-        verify(clock).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
+        verify(clock, times(2)).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
 
         captor.value.onLayoutChange(clock, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
         verify(clock).pivotX = width.toFloat()
@@ -793,7 +794,7 @@ class ShadeHeaderControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
     @Test
     fun clockPivotYInCenter() {
         val captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(View.OnLayoutChangeListener::class.java)
-        verify(clock).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
+        verify(clock, times(2)).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
         var height = 100
         val width = 50
 
@@ -825,16 +826,17 @@ class ShadeHeaderControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun carrierLeftPaddingIsSetWhenClockLayoutChanges() {
-        val width = 200
-        whenever(clock.width).thenReturn(width)
-        whenever(clock.scaleX).thenReturn(2.57f) // 2.57 comes from qs_header.xml
+    fun carrierStartPaddingIsSetOnClockLayout() {
+        val clockWidth = 200
+        val maxClockScale = context.resources.getFloat(R.dimen.qqs_expand_clock_scale)
+        val expectedStartPadding = (clockWidth * maxClockScale).toInt()
+        whenever(clock.width).thenReturn(clockWidth)
+
         val captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(View.OnLayoutChangeListener::class.java)
+        verify(clock, times(2)).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
+        captor.allValues.forEach { clock.executeLayoutChange(0, 0, clockWidth, 0, it) }
 
-        verify(clock).addOnLayoutChangeListener(capture(captor))
-        captor.value.onLayoutChange(clock, 0, 0, width, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
-
-        verify(carrierGroup).setPaddingRelative(514, 0, 0, 0)
+        verify(carrierGroup).setPaddingRelative(expectedStartPadding, 0, 0, 0)
     }
 
     @Test