diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/FadeRotationAnimationController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/FadeRotationAnimationController.java
index 53b6b41db2bac..eab3f108d17a9 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/FadeRotationAnimationController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/FadeRotationAnimationController.java
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ public class FadeRotationAnimationController extends FadeAnimationController {
         } else {
             mNavBarToken = null;
         }
-        // Do not fade notification shade when running fixed rotation (not frozen) because it may
-        // need to animate with the launching app.
-        final WindowState notificationShade = mFrozenTimeoutRunnable == null
-                ? displayPolicy.getNotificationShade() : null;
+        // Collect the target windows to fade out. The display won't wait for them to unfreeze.
+        final WindowState notificationShade = displayPolicy.getNotificationShade();
         displayContent.forAllWindows(w -> {
             if (w.mActivityRecord == null && w.mHasSurface && !w.mForceSeamlesslyRotate
                     && !w.mIsWallpaper && !w.mIsImWindow && w != navigationBar