diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/HotspotControllerImpl.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/HotspotControllerImpl.java
index b561ac1664c09..db2be0e78e9a3 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/HotspotControllerImpl.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/HotspotControllerImpl.java
@@ -93,14 +93,28 @@ public class HotspotControllerImpl implements HotspotController, WifiManager.Sof
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds {@code callback} to the controller. The controller will update the callback on state
+     * changes. It will immediately trigger the callback added to notify current state.
+     * @param callback
+     */
     @Override
     public void addCallback(Callback callback) {
         synchronized (mCallbacks) {
             if (callback == null || mCallbacks.contains(callback)) return;
             if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "addCallback " + callback);
             mCallbacks.add(callback);
-
-            updateWifiStateListeners(!mCallbacks.isEmpty());
+            if (mWifiManager != null) {
+                if (mCallbacks.size() == 1) {
+                    mWifiManager.registerSoftApCallback(this, mMainHandler);
+                } else {
+                    // mWifiManager#registerSoftApCallback triggers a call to onNumClientsChanged
+                    // on the Main Handler. In order to always update the callback on added, we
+                    // make this call when adding callbacks after the first.
+                    mMainHandler.post(() ->
+                            callback.onHotspotChanged(isHotspotEnabled(), mNumConnectedDevices));
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -110,27 +124,9 @@ public class HotspotControllerImpl implements HotspotController, WifiManager.Sof
         if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "removeCallback " + callback);
         synchronized (mCallbacks) {
             mCallbacks.remove(callback);
-            updateWifiStateListeners(!mCallbacks.isEmpty());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the wifi state receiver to either start or stop listening to get updates to the
-     * hotspot status. Additionally starts listening to wifi manager state to track the number of
-     * connected devices.
-     *
-     * @param shouldListen whether we should start listening to various wifi statuses
-     */
-    private void updateWifiStateListeners(boolean shouldListen) {
-        if (mWifiManager == null) {
-            return;
-        }
-        if (shouldListen) {
-            mWifiManager.registerSoftApCallback(
-                    this,
-                    mMainHandler);
-        } else {
-            mWifiManager.unregisterSoftApCallback(this);
+            if (mCallbacks.isEmpty() && mWifiManager != null) {
+                mWifiManager.unregisterSoftApCallback(this);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/HotspotControllerImplTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/HotspotControllerImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3e4c4d6a7a8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/HotspotControllerImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
+import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.testing.AndroidTestingRunner;
+import android.testing.TestableLooper;
+
+import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
+
+import com.android.systemui.SysuiTestCase;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
+
+@SmallTest
+@RunWith(AndroidTestingRunner.class)
+@TestableLooper.RunWithLooper
+public class HotspotControllerImplTest extends SysuiTestCase {
+
+    @Mock
+    private ConnectivityManager mConnectivityManager;
+    @Mock
+    private WifiManager mWifiManager;
+    @Mock
+    private HotspotController.Callback mCallback1;
+    @Mock
+    private HotspotController.Callback mCallback2;
+    private HotspotControllerImpl mController;
+    private TestableLooper mLooper;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+        mLooper = TestableLooper.get(this);
+
+        mContext.addMockSystemService(ConnectivityManager.class, mConnectivityManager);
+        mContext.addMockSystemService(WifiManager.class, mWifiManager);
+
+        doAnswer((InvocationOnMock invocation) -> {
+            ((WifiManager.SoftApCallback) invocation.getArgument(0)).onNumClientsChanged(1);
+            return null;
+        }).when(mWifiManager).registerSoftApCallback(any(WifiManager.SoftApCallback.class),
+                any(Handler.class));
+
+        mController = new HotspotControllerImpl(mContext, new Handler(mLooper.getLooper()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddingTwoCallbacksRegistersToWifiManagerOnce() {
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback1);
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback2);
+
+        verify(mWifiManager, times(1)).registerSoftApCallback(eq(mController), any());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddingCallbacksDoesntUpdateAll() {
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback1);
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback2);
+
+        mLooper.processAllMessages();
+        // Each callback should be updated only once
+        verify(mCallback1, times(1)).onHotspotChanged(anyBoolean(), anyInt());
+        verify(mCallback2, times(1)).onHotspotChanged(anyBoolean(), anyInt());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRemovingTwoCallbacksUnegistersToWifiManagerOnce() {
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback1);
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback2);
+
+        mController.removeCallback(mCallback1);
+        mController.removeCallback(mCallback2);
+
+        verify(mWifiManager, times(1)).unregisterSoftApCallback(mController);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDoNotUnregisterIfRemainingCallbacks() {
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback1);
+        mController.addCallback(mCallback2);
+
+        verify(mWifiManager, never()).unregisterSoftApCallback(any());
+    }
+
+}