diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
index cc130c4076909..f9dac3ad930dd 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityTaskSupervisor.java
@@ -621,6 +621,13 @@ public class ActivityTaskSupervisor implements RecentTasks.Callbacks {
         mFinishingActivities.remove(r);
 
         stopWaitingForActivityVisible(r);
+
+        final Task task = r.getTask();
+        if (task != null && task.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed && task.getTopMostActivity() == r) {
+            // The activity is destroyed or its process is died, so cancel the pending kill.
+            task.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed = false;
+            removeTimeoutOfKillProcessesOnDestroyed(task);
+        }
     }
 
     /** There is no valid launch time, just stop waiting. */
@@ -1903,9 +1910,13 @@ public class ActivityTaskSupervisor implements RecentTasks.Callbacks {
         killTaskProcessesIfPossible(task);
     }
 
+    private void removeTimeoutOfKillProcessesOnDestroyed(Task task) {
+        mHandler.removeMessages(KILL_TASK_PROCESSES_TIMEOUT_MSG, task);
+    }
+
     void killTaskProcessesOnDestroyedIfNeeded(Task task) {
         if (task == null || !task.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed) return;
-        mHandler.removeMessages(KILL_TASK_PROCESSES_TIMEOUT_MSG, task);
+        removeTimeoutOfKillProcessesOnDestroyed(task);
         killTaskProcessesIfPossible(task);
     }
 
@@ -2778,7 +2789,7 @@ public class ActivityTaskSupervisor implements RecentTasks.Callbacks {
                 } break;
                 case KILL_TASK_PROCESSES_TIMEOUT_MSG: {
                     final Task task = (Task) msg.obj;
-                    if (task.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed) {
+                    if (task.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed && task.hasActivity()) {
                         Slog.i(TAG, "Destroy timeout of remove-task, attempt to kill " + task);
                         killTaskProcessesIfPossible(task);
                     }
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/RecentTasksTest.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/RecentTasksTest.java
index 7cb58022c0e79..77d5908c63a54 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/RecentTasksTest.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/RecentTasksTest.java
@@ -1038,6 +1038,13 @@ public class RecentTasksTest extends WindowTestsBase {
         top.setState(ActivityRecord.State.DESTROYING, "test");
         top.destroyed("test");
         assertFalse(task.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed);
+
+        // If the process is died, the state should be cleared.
+        final Task lastTask = tasks.get(0);
+        lastTask.addChild(top);
+        lastTask.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed = true;
+        top.handleAppDied();
+        assertFalse(lastTask.mKillProcessesOnDestroyed);
     }
 
     @Test