diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherController.java
index b630689567cef..0443d94e93fbc 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherController.java
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ public class UserSwitcherController implements Dumpable {
     /** Returns the name of the current user of the phone. */
     public String getCurrentUserName() {
         if (mUsers.isEmpty()) return null;
-        UserRecord item = mUsers.get(0);
+        UserRecord item = mUsers.stream().filter(x -> x.isCurrent).findFirst().orElse(null);
         if (item == null || item.info == null) return null;
         if (item.isGuest) return mContext.getString(
                 com.android.settingslib.R.string.guest_nickname);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherControllerTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherControllerTest.kt
index 5e3b7d7918dc5..379c5957e1d1d 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherControllerTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/UserSwitcherControllerTest.kt
@@ -276,4 +276,22 @@ class UserSwitcherControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
         assertEquals(1, uiEventLogger.numLogs())
         assertEquals(QSUserSwitcherEvent.QS_USER_GUEST_CONTINUE.id, uiEventLogger.eventId(0))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun test_getCurrentUserName_shouldReturnNameOfTheCurrentUser() {
+        fun addUser(id: Int, name: String, isCurrent: Boolean) {
+            userSwitcherController.users.add(UserSwitcherController.UserRecord(
+                    UserInfo(id, name, 0),
+                    null, false, isCurrent, false,
+                    false, false
+            ))
+        }
+        val bgUserName = "background_user"
+        val fgUserName = "foreground_user"
+
+        addUser(1, bgUserName, false)
+        addUser(2, fgUserName, true)
+
+        assertEquals(fgUserName, userSwitcherController.currentUserName)
+    }
 }