diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/StartingSurfaceController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/StartingSurfaceController.java
index cf939ab1b0129..68dbb0607ac19 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/StartingSurfaceController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/StartingSurfaceController.java
@@ -159,9 +159,7 @@ public class StartingSurfaceController {
                 return null;
             }
             if (topFullscreenActivity.getWindowConfiguration().getRotation()
-                    != taskSnapshot.getRotation()
-                    // Use normal rotation to avoid flickering of IME window in old orientation.
-                    && !taskSnapshot.hasImeSurface()) {
+                    != taskSnapshot.getRotation()) {
                 // The snapshot should have been checked by ActivityRecord#isSnapshotCompatible
                 // that the activity will be updated to the same rotation as the snapshot. Since
                 // the transition is not started yet, fixed rotation transform needs to be applied