diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
index 40ae65249ada1..9088522dfa8e2 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
@@ -3940,16 +3940,6 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (transferStartingWindow(transferFrom, wtoken)) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // There is no existing starting window, and the caller doesn't
-            // want us to create one, so that's it!
-            if (!createIfNeeded) {
-                return;
-            }
-
             // If this is a translucent window, then don't
             // show a starting window -- the current effect (a full-screen
             // opaque starting window that fades away to the real contents
@@ -3995,6 +3985,16 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
                 }
             }
 
+            if (transferStartingWindow(transferFrom, wtoken)) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // There is no existing starting window, and the caller doesn't
+            // want us to create one, so that's it!
+            if (!createIfNeeded) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (DEBUG_STARTING_WINDOW) Slog.v(TAG_WM, "Creating StartingData");
             wtoken.startingData = new StartingData(pkg, theme, compatInfo, nonLocalizedLabel,
                     labelRes, icon, logo, windowFlags);