diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
index 1a47e4428e490..89694b33e0353 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ public class StatusBarIconView extends AnimatedImageView {
     }
 
     private void updateContrastedStaticColor() {
-        if (mCachedContrastBackgroundColor == NO_COLOR) {
+        if (Color.alpha(mCachedContrastBackgroundColor) != 255) {
+            mContrastedDrawableColor = mDrawableColor;
             return;
         }
         // We'll modify the color if it doesn't pass GAR
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconViewTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconViewTest.java
index 8e7ffdfd4b475..7b2071ca14fd6 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconViewTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconViewTest.java
@@ -116,5 +116,10 @@ public class StatusBarIconViewTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         color = mIconView.getContrastedStaticDrawableColor(Color.WHITE);
         assertTrue("Similar colors should be shifted to satisfy contrast",
                 NotificationColorUtil.satisfiesTextContrast(Color.WHITE, color));
+
+        mIconView.setStaticDrawableColor(Color.GREEN);
+        color = mIconView.getContrastedStaticDrawableColor(0xcc000000);
+        assertEquals("Transparent backgrounds should fallback to drawable color",
+                color, mIconView.getStaticDrawableColor());
     }
 }
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